"The History of the World: Every Year"

Since 200,000 BCE, humanity has spread around globe and enacted huge change upon the planet. This video shows every year of that story, right from the beginning.

"Edward Hopper’s Iconic Painting Nighthawks Explained in a 7-Minute Video"

If any one painting stands for mid-twentieth-century America, Nighthawks does. In fact, Edward Hopper’s 1942 canvas of four figures in a late-night New York City diner may qualify as the most vivid evocation of that country and time in any form. For Evan Puschak, better known as the video essayist Nerdwriter, the experience of Nighthawks goes well beyond the visual realm. “I’ve always thought of him in a sort of aromatic way,” says Puschak of the artist, “because his paintings evoke the same kinds of feelings and memories that I get from the sense of smell, as if he was channeling directly into my limbic system, excavating moments that were stored deeply away.”

But Puschak wouldn’t have experienced the early 1940s first-hand, much less the turn-of-the-century period in which Hopper grew up. Nor would have most of the people captivated by Nighthawks today, much less those countless appreciators as yet unborn. How does Hopper, in his most famous painting and many others, at once capture a time and a place while also resonating on a deeper, more universally human level?

Edward Hopper

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Vimeo - "The Top Videos of 2016" - "When We Were Knights"

When We Were Knights from GoPro on Vimeo.

"Gaza in context"

A short new film on the historical, political and humanitarian situation in Palestine takes aim at the corporate news media’s coverage of Israel’s July-August 2014 assault on Gaza.

Israel killed 2,251 Palestinians during the attacks, including 551 children. Approximately 75,000 people remain displaced two years later.

“Despite overwhelming evidence of the disparity of power between Israel and all Palestinians and the aggressiveness of Israel’s exercise of its power, including excessive and brutal violence and collective punishment in Gaza in the form of occupation, siege, and frequent military assaults against dense and captive civilian populations,” the film’s producers assert, “mainstream media and educational materials continue to frame Israel as the victim.”

Gaza in Context, they add, is an attempt to situate the attacks in 2014 – and attacks of the past and future – within Israel’s broader settler-colonial aspirations in Palestine.

The film explains Israel’s historical treatment of Palestinians in Gaza, but does so “without committing the common error of treating Gaza in isolation from the rest of Palestine,” according to Raja Shehadeh, co-founder of the Palestinian human rights group Al-Haq.

Foi há 260 anos

"Guerrilla Fighters of Kurdistan"

Every generation seems to grow up with the memory of at least one major war in his or her lifetime. Whether we choose to read the headlines or acknowledge the reality beyond our own everyday lives, the war that is currently underway in Iraq and Syria is one that affects us all. As a Kurdish soldier would tell me later— this conflict has been churning for centuries, but remains hidden from most of our views.

Like the rest of the world, I watched the Syrian Civil War escalate from simple protests to a full blown conflict between the Syrian regime, rebel militias, and jihadist organizations like the Islamic State and Jabat al Nusra. Ignoring the political demarcation of Syria’s borders, militant groups began to redraw their own territorial boundaries further into Iraq. Each heavy-handed stroke brought further destabilization to an already embroiled, war-torn region with deep-rooted sectarian tensions.

Seemingly without warning, Mosul— a densely populated city approximately 350 km north of Iraq’s capital of Baghdad— fell into the hands of the Islamic State, allowing the organization to capture ample amounts of American-made weapons. The militant group used this as an opportune moment to reinforce to their devout followers and Twitter-cheerleaders the rather absurd idea that some divine prophecy was at work— and an ancient Islamic Caliphate was being re-established. Leading up to this moment, the most effective fighting forces against the so-called Islamic State, or ISIS or ISIL as we see it being referred to in the press, were Shia militias with American blood on their hands, and the Peshmerga, a fighting force loyal to the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), which is the governing body of the Kurdish region in Northern Iraq.

In this massive game of chess, there was another distinct grassroots movement that caught my attention— Kurdish guerrilla groups known as the Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK), People’s Protection Units (YPG), and Women’s Protection Units (YPJ). These seemingly ragtag armies are in fact quite agile, effective and organized.

The Kurdish people number around 40 million— whose homeland is spread across vast swaths of Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran. They are considered to be the largest ethnic group that do not have their own country. This is important to note, because as you’ll find out, they have something, which they believe is worth fighting for— a long-awaited independence and region to call their own.

During my initial research, I couldn’t help but notice that there were many theories as to whom these Kurdish guerrilla groups were. The foreign press often romanticized the females in their ranks as fearless warrior women, while some of my Turkish friends suggested that they were terrorists, operating more as opportunists in a bloody war. I set out to uncover the truth, or at least to better understand the nuances behind the headlines. Portrait photography has a strange way of humanizing even the most distant of situations, and that was my goal with this project.

Por Joey L

Guerrilla Fighters of Kurdistan from Joey L on Vimeo.

Uma lição - Racismo Não!

"Portugal Timelapse/Hyperlapse (Lisbon & Sesimbra)" - um vídeo viral sobre Lisboa

Lisboa está na moda, dizem. Os responsáveis pelo Turismo de Portugal podem queimar as pestanas a pensar na melhor forma de promover o país, mas receita imbatível para conquistar a atenção dos outros é mesmo a recomendação alheia. Foi isso que fez Kirill Neiezhmakov, um ucraniano (que só pode ser) apaixonado por viagens.

"Você conhece Deus?"

"This Land Is Mine"

This Land Is Mine from Nina Paley on Vimeo.

"Lisboa antes do terramoto de 1755"

Lisboa antes do terramoto de 1755 - exibido no Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga from Lisbon Pre 1755 Earthquake on Vimeo.

"What should we think about death?"

"The Banker"

Mundial de Futebol 2014 - "#Stoptheball" - um vídeo para ver

Muito bom!

Steadfast Stanley from John Cody Kim on Vimeo.

"The Book Trailer"

The Book Trailer from Rafal Barnas on Vimeo.

"Monje"

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Des milliers d'étourneaux présentent un spectacle fascinant dans le ciel

"The Ball"

A propósito da morte de Eusébio lembrei-me deste vídeo fantástico:

A rua é dos artistas - Vídeo

Este vídeo foi feito com base nas fotos publicadas neste site. São trabalhos maravilhosos de artistas de todo o mundo que fazem a rua sua.