Edward Keinholz

  Made at the time of the1960s Civil Rights Movement Reflecting the situation in the South. Racial prejudice and hatred The Illegal Operation (1962) Depicts the scene of an abortion at a time when the procedure was practiced in secrecy, often in dangerous and unregulated conditions. Made nearly a decade before the Supreme Court’s Roe […]

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Experimental Film History

  The History of Experimental Film In 1872 Eadweard Muybridge produced what is thought to be the first film of a horse. He took photos of a horse running and stuck the images together. It actually won him a bet the way horses actually run. In 1891 American inventor Thomas Edison was perfecting his filming […]

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BROKEN DOWN FILM Osamu Tezuka

Osamu Tezuka was a Japanese cartoonist and animator Tezuka was believed to be the father on Manga.The Japanese cartoon and animation with a large wide eyed characters. Tezuka made this silent film in the style of an old black and white cartoon (there is a short colour element later in the feature). Applying the hick ups […]

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FILM

The first thing that comes to mind when I think of art films for some reason are 70’s outfits, weird repetitive sounds that hurt your ears, dialogue that makes no sense and well generally a sense of boredom and perseverance  trying to culture myself. I remember watching “Eraser head” years ago with my Italian boyfriend […]

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