Why Do Terrence Malick’s Movies Look Like That?

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Terrence Malick has developed one of the most unique and distinctive visual styles in contemporary American cinema. In this video, I investigate the elements of this style and what the motivation behind it might be.

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Knight of Cups BTS Footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpxwLxQYpDY

Nolan discussing Malick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVUXDn6hCY4

Chapters:
0:00 A Hidden Director
1:26 Showing life in context
2:21 A polarizing approach
4:51 Elements of the style (challenge accepted Chris)
11:05 Editing can impact a “look”
12:30 Filmmaking as questioning
14:28 Forcing the viewer to connect the dots
15:44 Poetic and personal

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How ‘Zola’ Turned a Viral Twitter Thread Into a Movie

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Five years after A’Ziah Wells King posted the Twitter thread known as #thestory — a tale of how a trip from Detroit to Tampa, Fla., to earn money stripping quickly devolved into a wild ride, featuring a kidnapping, a shooting, sex trafficking and a suicide attempt — the real-life “Zola” is celebrating the film adaptation’s debut.

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Why all Americans should honor Juneteenth

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An historian explains the history and significance of the holiday.

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Note: This video was previously titled, “Juneteenth, explained.” The title has been changed to better reflect the video’s content.

When American schoolchildren learn about chattel slavery in the US, we’re often told it ended with Abraham Lincoln’s signature on the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863.

But, as late as June 19, 1865, enslaved people in Texas were still held in bondage. On that date, the Federal troops entered the state and began to punish slave holders and former confederates who refused to obey the law.

“Juneteenth is a deeply emotional moment for enslaved people,” says historian Karlos K. Hill, of the University of Oklahoma.

In Texas and across the country, emancipated African Americans began celebrating annually, with parades, concerts, and picnics. “Being able to go wherever they want and being able to wander about; for enslaved people, it was an expression of their freedom,” says Hill. “Formerly enslaved people celebrating, in public, their newfound freedom, was an act of resistance.”

However, by 1877, the Federal government had largely abandoned the South. The lynching era— when hundreds of African Americans were killed by white mobs each year across the North and the South— began soon after.

Today, Dr. Hill says, commemorating Juneteenth is important for all Americans because it helps us see all the ways that slavery still shapes this country, including, as he says, “the desire to master and dominate black bodies.”

Sources/further reading

Why celebrating Juneteenth is more important now than ever (P.R. Lockhart, Vox, 2018) https://ift.tt/2JQ9YUj

The Impact of Lynching on Black Culture and Memory: The Impact of Lynching on Black Culture and Memory (Karlos K. Hill, Cambridge University Press, 2016)

The Murder of Emmett Till: A Graphic History (Karlos K. Hill and Dave Dodson, Cambridge University Press, 2020)

Lynching in America: Confronting the Legacy of Racial Terror (Equal Justice Initiative, 2017) https://ift.tt/2YNchwk

The National Museum of African American History and Culture— online collection: https://ift.tt/3gI2XCy

Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers’ Project slave narratives collections (Library of Congress) https://ift.tt/2NeqXPD

Voices Remembering Slavery: Freed People Tell Their Stories (Library of Congress) https://ift.tt/314i9Um

Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers’ Project, 1936 to 1938 (Library of Congress) https://ift.tt/2zLntkx

African American Spirituals (Library of Congress) https://ift.tt/3cL5yKW

Florida Memory: State Library and Archives of Florida https://ift.tt/2Yd29Oi

New Georgia Encyclopedia (Georgia Humanities) https://ift.tt/37Q35LK

Austin History Center General Collection Photographs in The Portal to Texas History. University of North Texas Libraries. https://ift.tt/3dfPP43

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Nickie Tillery wins special election for School Board District 2

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Nickie Tillery has won the special election in Muscogee County School Board District 2, defeating John “Bart” Steed 67.4% to 32.6%. Tillery will fill the remaining term of the late Mike Edmondson, who died on February 10, 2021 at the age of 66 from a brief fight with cancer.

This was Steed’s second attempt at the seat, last running in 2014 and ending up in third place behind John F. Thomas and then-incumbent John Wells, with Thomas ending up defeating Wells in a runoff. Steed owns and operates Kar Tunes Car Stereo and Lube Plus.

The seat will be on the ballot in circa June 2022.

weekend whiplash, five years ago

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I still remember five years ago, when I had driven up to what is now South Fulton to the State of Black Sci-Fi Convention. I got to meet Milton Davis, Darrell Johnson, Balogun Ojetade and several others, and was especially glad that we had someone (Darrell) writing LGBT-inclusive Black-oriented speculative fiction, for youth and YA even! And that Milton is from Columbus! Quite an experience, was wishing I could come back for Sunday but that was out of the question.

Got back home, got to sleep, woke up and saw the news of a mass shooting at an LGBT nightclub in Orlando the night before.

One of the worst mornings I’ve had in my life. Whiplash.

THE MIGHTY GRAND PITON

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The Mighty Grand Piton is a short film about a young British girl, Connie, who travels to the Caribbean Island of Saint Lucia for her school holidays with her family. There, she accidentally awakens a giant robot buried under the Twin Piton mountains on the south of the Island. This robot seems compelled to protect Saint Lucia but his origins are mysterious. No one knows where he came from or how long he’s been there. During the many years he’s lain dormant, The Mighty Grand Piton, became nothing more than the stuff of legend.

Created & Directed by
Wesley Louis

Executive Producers
Sam Taylor
James Duveen

Producers
Franzi Nicolaus
Hanae Seida

Character Design
Wesley Louis

Storyboards
Wesley Louis

Editor
Max Taylor

Colour Scripts
Agathe Leroux

Layout
Wesley Louis
Max Taylor

Animation
Wesley Louis
Venla Linna
Maxime Jouniot
Amanda Holm
Alessandra Sorrentino
Jonathan Djob Nkondo

FX Animation
Naoki Araiza Tokumasu

Cleanup & Colour
Wesley Louis
Venla Linna
Isobel Stenhouse
Ash Wu
Elenora Quario
Amix

Backgrounds
Igor Piwowarczyk
Matt Vince

Compositing
Max Taylor
Freddie Lewis-wall

Executive Music Producer
Rina May

“The Mighty Grand Piton” Written, Composed and Performed by
Rina May
Live guitar mixed and mastered by
Wayne Plummer
Strings
Nick Bowers-Broadbent
Drums
Rina May
Cem Andre

Sound Design and Mix
Chris Didlick at Box of Toys

Voiceover
Mervin Louis

Logo and Graphic Design
Max Taylor

NO GHOST
CG Supervisor
Luke Gibbard

CG Producer
Kye Dorricott

CG Look Dev
Tom Flavelle

Modelling
Luke Gibbard

Rigging
Tom Flavelle

CG Animation
Luke Gibbard

Special Thanks
Alijoy Baker
Mervin Louis
Audrey Louis
Antoine James Louis
No Ghost

In memory of
Agatha Charles
Francis Charles
Frederick Jn Baptiste
Philomene Louis
Barthelmy Louis
Constance (Connie) Prince

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The Greeting Committee – Can I Leave Me Too?

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Can I Leave Me Too? Lyrics:

Why does everybody drive the same car you do?
I’m scared of myself without you.
I’ll change my ways for a few days if it means you’ll stay.
I’m filthy, creepy, clingy for you always.

If you go, can I go with you?
If you leave me, can I leave me too?
I’m afraid that I might need you.
If you go, can I go with you?
If you leave me, can I leave me too?
I’m afraid that I might need you.
If you leave me, can I leave me too?

I’ll never say your name again
if you don’t want me.
Don’t want to lose you.
Don’t want you to lose me.
Ain’t it funny how nobody’s laughing
at the way you circle the deep end?
Trying to get you but you won’t say nothing.
Baby, say something. Baby, say. Say.

Lost in waiting.
Can’t eat. I just sleep.
Days on days end.
Baby, call me when you get this.

Lost in waiting.
Can’t eat. I just sleep.
Days on days end.
Baby, call me when you get this.

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Producer: Malik Lemon
Creative Direction: Hampton Williams
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