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Two Kids. Two Undiagnosed Disabilities.
- Title
- Two Kids. Two Undiagnosed Disabilities.
- Runtime
- 29:59
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Colbie, age 8, and Lleyton, 5, have normal brains. At least, that’s according to the various MRI scans they’ve undergone throughout their short lives. No one can explain why neither child can walk, or why neither child has ever been able to speak a word. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/594592/parents-special-needs/
"The Unconditional" was directed by Dave Adams (http://wakeupthegiant.com). It is part of The Atlantic Selects, an online series of short documentaries from independent creators, curated by The Atlantic.
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- The Death of the Non-Unanimous Jury
- Runtime
- 11:10
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- The legacy of Jim Crow continues to loom large in the United States. But nowhere is it arguably more evident than in Louisiana. In 1898, a constitutional convention successfully codified a slew of Jim Crow laws in a flagrant effort to disenfranchise black voters and otherwise infringe on their rights. “Our mission was to establish the supremacy of the white race in this State to the extent to which it could be legally and constitutionally done,” wrote Judiciary Committee Chairman Thomas Semmes.
One of these laws sought to maintain white supremacy in state courtrooms. In response to the U.S. Constitution’s Fourteenth Amendment, which required the state to include black people on juries, Louisiana lawmakers and voters ratified a nonunanimous-jury law. This meant that a split jury—a verdict of 11–1 or 10–2—could convict a defendant to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The law was designed to marginalize black jurors on majority-white juries, and ...
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- ‘The Hum’: The Unexplained Noise 2% of People Can Hear
- Runtime
- 25:15
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- A man is tormented by a low-frequency humming sound emanating from his house. Could it be the "hum," a mysterious noise heard around the world by thousands of people? Or is that just a collective delusion? Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/593992/doom-vibrations/
"Doom Vibrations" was directed by Garret Harkawik (https://www.garretharkawik.com/). It is part of The Atlantic Selects, an online showcase of short documentaries from independent creators, curated by The Atlantic.
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- Apollo 11: NASA and Civilians Remember the Moon Landing
- Runtime
- 13:55
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- “It was a feeling that went throughout the world, almost like an electric bolt,” one woman remembers of the Apollo 11 moon landing. The lunar landing, which celebrates its 50th anniversary on July 20, is collectively remembered in the film by a handful of the 530 million people who watched the event live on national television in 1969.
Among the personal accounts is that of Clark Neily, an orbital-rendezvous training instructor who worked on the Apollo 11 mission himself. Neily recalls the intensity of the moment when, among the NASA staff, the launch seemed inevitable: “There was this dead silence while everyone considered the fact that we had no more technical excuses not to attempt to land [on the moon] for the next mission, Apollo 11.” Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/593968/apollo-11/
"Landing on Airwaves" was directed by Jonathan Napolitano (https://www.jonathan-napolitano.com). It is part of The Atlantic Selects, an onli...
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- Undocumented Immigrants Share Their Stories
- Runtime
- 11:11
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Undocumented immigrants who are released from ICE detention centers often have nowhere to go. When this happens near Oakland, California, Pastor Gomez gets notified through the small community of Guatemalan immigrants that has formed around the church that he leads. Gomez, who moonlights as a local motel manager, rents a room for the migrants at the motel at his own expense. There, they are given at least one night of comfortable rest before continuing their transition. “When they get here, I tell them to forget the past—all the suffering along the journey,” says Gomez. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/593887/room-140/
"Room 140" was directed by Priscilla Gonzalez Sainz (http://www.priscillagonzalezsainz.com). It is part of The Atlantic Selects, an online showcase of short documentaries from independent creators, curated by The Atlantic.
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- Title
- Why Doctors Are Taking on the NRA
- Runtime
- 10:06
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- “I see more gunshot wounds as a trauma surgeon here in the United States per week than I did when I was serving in Kandahar, Afghanistan,” says Dr. Mallory Williams, chief of the Division of Trauma and Critical Care at Howard University Hospital. “There’s no question about it.”
In a new Atlantic short documentary, American Trauma: How the NRA Sparked a Medical Rebellion, Dr. Williams and other esteemed trauma surgeons explain how the severity—and, frequently, fatality—of gunshot-related injuries has galvanized the medical community to take action against gun violence. However, in many ways, their hands are tied: In 1996, Congress passed an amendment—lobbied for by the National Rifle Association—that prevented the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from using federal funds to “advocate or promote gun control.” This includes conducting government-sponsored research on the effects of gun violence.
In the film, Dr. Joseph Sakran, dire...
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- The Horrific Untold Story of Trans ICE Detention
- Runtime
- 4:42
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- “I decided to come to the U.S. to save my life,” says Luz, a transgender asylum-seeker, in Sylvia Johnson’s short documentary. In Honduras, Luz was shot multiple times by gang members who targeted her for her trans identity. She barely emerged with her life. As soon as she was released from the hospital, she was transferred to a Honduran prison on charges of defending her identity. Upon her release ten months later, several gang members who had abused Luz in prison threatened her life.
Luz entered the United States via an official port of entry and asked for protection through political asylum. She was promptly imprisoned. “I had already been imprisoned [in Honduras], and didn’t want to experience another situation like what I had been through,” she says in the film.
Later, Luz would learn that her ICE Detention Center, New Mexico’s Cibola County Correctional Facility, was previously a criminal correctional prison. In October 2016, it was shut do...
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- Is This Video a Deepfake?
- Runtime
- 3:14
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- “We are crossing over into an era where we have to be skeptical of what we see on video,” says John Villasenor, a Senior Fellow at The Brookings Institution. Villasenor is talking about deepfakes—videos that are digitally altered in imperceptible ways, often using a machine-learning technique that superimposes existing images onto source images. The technology's verisimilitude is alarming, Villasenor argues, because it undermines our perception of truth, and could have disastrous consequences for the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/593170/deepfake/
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- Title
- Wolves: Can’t Live With 'Em, Can’t Live Without 'Em
- Runtime
- 3:28
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Humans don’t have a great track record of coexisting with top predators, and wolves are no exception. By the early 1900s, wolves were nearly extinct in all of Western Europe as a result of government programs that rewarded people for killing them. While the animals’ population numbers dwindled, humans got used to life without them—despite the fact that their status as top predators meant that they had a positive impact on the ecosystem. Can we save wolves, or will they fall prey to us? Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/593053/wolves-conservation/
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- Title
- Gregory Witman's Baffling Murder
- Runtime
- 15:28
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- At 3:10 p.m. on October 2, 1998, in 13-year-old Gregory Witman returned home from school. Seven minutes later, his 15-year-old brother Zachary, who was home sick that day, dialed 911.
“Is he breathing?” the operator asked.
“No. I gotta call my mom!” said Zachary.
Police arrived on the scene to find Gregory dead in a pool of his own blood on the laundry room floor. He had been stabbed more than 100 times with a penknife.
Later, Zachary would testify in a Pennsylvania court that he had roused from his sickbed after hearing a commotion downstairs. After checking the house, he had found his brother brutally murdered in the laundry room. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/592975/witmans/
"The Witmans" was directed by Joe Lee. It is part of The Atlantic Selects, an online showcase of short documentaries from independent creators, curated by The Atlantic.
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- Title
- The LGBTQ+ Generation Gap
- Runtime
- 11:28
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Older and younger LGBTQ-identifying people sit down together for candid conversations about a problem that divides their community. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/592846/generation-lgbtq/
This film was directed by Ivan Cash (http://www.ivan.cash/) and commissioned by Airbnb. It is part of The Atlantic Selects, a series of short documentaries from independent creators, curated by The Atlantic.
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- Title
- Confessions of a Russian Spy
- Runtime
- 15:30
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- “For so many years, two persons were inside of me,” says Deniss Metsavas, a former Russian spy. Here, Metsavas tells his disturbing story of espionage, blackmail, and double identity for the very first time. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/592507/russia-spy/
Author: Daniel Lombroso
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- Title
- He Survived a Mass Skydiving Accident—and Became a World Champion
- Runtime
- 7:19
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- In 1992, professional skydiver Dan Brodsky-Chenfeld boarded a plane for a routine training jump. Six weeks later, he awoke from a coma to discover that a terrible accident had crippled his body and shattered his dream of becoming a World Champion. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/592288/skydiving/
"Above All Else" was directed by Yali Sharon (http://weliveunbound.com). It is part of The Atlantic Selects, an online showcase of short documentaries from independent creators, curated by The Atlantic.
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- Title
- Cryonics: Will These Bodies Come Back From Death?
- Runtime
- 12:19
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Until the day he died, in 2011, Robert Ettinger hoped humanity would figure out a way to cheat death. Today, his body is stored in a chamber filled with liquid nitrogen and frozen to -196 °C. He lies in cryopreservation at the Cryonics Institute in Michigan—which he founded—alongside his late mother, his first and second wives, and 150 other deceased.
Ettinger, known as the “father of cryonics,” popularized the idea in his 1962 book The Prospect of Immortality. (Isaac Asimov, the renowned biochemist and science-fiction writer, helped Ettinger publish the book.) Cryonicists believe that technology will sufficiently advance to a point where cells can be rejuvenated and the aging process reversed. In practice, legally deceased patients arrive at a cryonics facility packed in ice. Cryonicists interrupt the dying process by draining the blood from the body and perfusing the corpse with a mixture of anti-freeze and organ-preserving chemicals, known as cryoprotective ag...
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- A Gamer’s Secret Life and Tragic Death
- Runtime
- 17:33
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- To his mother, David Hance was a shy, nerdy Puerto Rican kid from the Bronx who had an unhealthy obsession with video games. To everyone else, he was Allied—a world-class esports champion, whose boisterous live-streams garnered thousands of views. For years, Hance navigated these disparate identities with ease. But then, at age 24, he was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/591907/allied-gamer/
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- Title
- Sundarbans: The Next Climate Refugees
- Runtime
- 9:45
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- “We were so terrified with the water coming into the house and the sound of the storm. In front of my eyes, the walls of our house collapsed.” That’s Geeta Maiti, a resident of Mousuni Island, part of the Indian Sundarbans—a 4,000 square-mile World Heritage site on the Bay of Bengal, shared by India and Bangladesh. There, a rich ecosystem supports the world’s largest mangrove forest and several hundred animal species, including the endangered Bengal tiger. The region is home to approximately 13 million people. It is one of the most vulnerable areas to climate change in the world. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/591832/climate-refugees/
"Losing Ground" was directed by Lisa Hornak and Erin Stone. It is part of The Atlantic Selects, an online showcase of short documentaries from independent creators, curated by The Atlantic.
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- Title
- The Right to Sexuality
- Runtime
- 13:29
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Paul and Hava met at a performing-arts social event for people with intellectual disabilities. With the assistance of their parents, they went on a few successful dates. The connection was immediate. After some time, they decided to make their strong, loving bond official. The couple made each other so happy that their parents saw no good reason to deny the proposal.
The group homes where Paul and Hava lived, however, stood in the way of the couple’s union. “They want us not to get married—not to live together,” says Paul in a new short documentary.
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- Title
- 'Recycling Is Like a Band-Aid on Gangrene'
- Runtime
- 12:52
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- "Recycling is like a Band-Aid on gangrene," says Dr. Max Liboiron, director of the Civic Laboratory for Environmental Action Research (CLEAR) in Newfoundland. “The only mode of attack is to deal with a heavy decrease in the production of plastics, as opposed to dealing with them after they’ve already been created." Dr. Liboiron's research on microplastics interrogates the scientific method with feminist and anti-colonialist methodology. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/591640/recycling-plastics/
"Guts" was directed by Taylor Hess (https://www.taylormhess.com/) and Noah Hutton (http://www.noahhutton.com/). It is part of The Atlantic Selects, an online showcase of short documentaries from independent creators, curated by The Atlantic.
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- Title
- After Prison: What Happens to Formerly Incarcerated Women?
- Runtime
- 16:17
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- After Maryam Henderson-Uloho was convicted of obstruction of justice, she was sentenced to 25 years in a Louisiana prison. Ultimately, she served 13 years—more than half of that time in solitary confinement. When she was released, she felt dehumanized. “You see, in prison, you’re broken—mentally, emotionally, and physically,” says Henderson-Uloho in the short documentary Sister Hearts. “I didn’t know what to do. I was alone. I was scared. I had no one.” An ex-felon, Henderson-Uloho was unable to open a bank account or a credit card. She couldn’t rent an apartment. Nobody would employ her. “I had to go inside myself and find something good about me,” she says. “I felt like trash … I needed help.”
This is the incredible story of how she turned her life around—and continues to support other female ex-offenders. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/591364/sister-hearts/
"Sister Hearts" was directed by Mohammad Gorjestani...
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- What It's Like to Be Intersex
- Runtime
- 22:48
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- “It was like a bomb being dropped into our life.”
That’s Isaiah Ngwaru. He’s talking about the moment he and his wife, Betina, discovered their child, Tatenda, was intersex. Although they had been raising her as a boy, Tatenda had railed against the strict masculine norms in their hometown of Gutu, Zimbabwe. She wore high heels, dressed in skirts, and expressed a desire to change her gender. It wasn’t until she underwent an operation for a hernia, however, that Tatenda’s condition became medically salient to her parents—the surgeon found “something like an ovary” in the child’s body. “I just knew it. I felt it in my gut. I’m a girl,” says Tatenda in this short documentary, premiering on The Atlantic today. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/591205/intersex/
"She's Not a Boy" was co-directed by Robert Tokanel and Yuhong Pang. It is part of The Atlantic Selects, an online showcase of short documentaries from independent ...
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- Women in Pakistan: 'We Aren't Free'
- Runtime
- 33:11
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- In one of the most dangerous countries in the world for women, three courageous Pakistanis—Tabassum Adnan, a former child bride; Saima Sharif, an elite police officer; and Syeda Ghulam Fatima, a labor activist—put their lives on the line in the fight for equality. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/590893/women-pakistan/
"Freedom Fighters" was directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting (https://www.revealnews.org/). It is part of The Atlantic Selects, an online showcase of documentaries from independent creators, curated by The Atlantic.
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- Title
- Undercover in an Insane Asylum: How a 23-Year-Old Changed Journalism
- Runtime
- 23:26
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- “In my time, women usually had their life stories written for them. But I didn’t like the story I was given, so I wrote a new one.” That’s Nellie Bly, the pen name of Elizabeth Cochrane. The story she wrote—in a newspaper in 1887, and, figuratively, of her life—would change the course of journalism in America. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/590464/nellie-bly/
"Nellie Bly Makes the News" was directed by Penny Lane and produced by Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting. It is part of The Atlantic Selects, an online showcase of short documentaries from independent creators, curated by The Atlantic.
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- Title
- Atomic Veterans Were Silenced for 50 Years. Now, They're Talking.
- Runtime
- 22:53
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- After more than four decades of forced silence, some of the last surviving atomic soldiers share their unfathomable experiences of the atomic bomb tests in the 1950s. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/590299/atomic-soldiers/
"The Atomic Soldiers" was directed by Morgan Knibbe. It is a part of The Atlantic Selects, an online showcase of short documentaries from independent creators, curated by The Atlantic.
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- Title
- Are Parents Exploiting Their Kids on Social Media?
- Runtime
- 5:51
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Many children growing up today will discover that their digital footprint began in utero and didn’t stop there. This phenomenon has come to be known as “sharenting”—when parents share pictures and videos of their kids on social media, creating an indelible trail of digital bread crumbs.
“Almost all parents do this to some extent,” says Taylor Lorenz, a staff writer at The Atlantic, in a new video that investigates the unintended consequences of modern parents’ tendency to overshare. Is violating children’s privacy online unethical, or is it your right as a parent?
For more on this subject, read Lorenz’s article, "When Kids Realize Their Whole Life Is Already Online": https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/02/when-kids-realize-their-whole-life-already-online/582916/
Watch more from the Atlantic on parenting and technology here: http://bit.ly/AtlParentingPlaylist
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- Title
- What I Found in My Grandfather's Amazing Journals
- Runtime
- 4:27
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- When Byron Levy died at 94, he left behind thousands of illustrations, paintings, and personal reflections, connecting three generations and lending him creative immortality. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/589807/memory-book/
"My Grandfather's Memory Book" was directed by Colin Levy (https://www.colinlevy.com/). It is part of The Atlantic Selects, an online showcase of short documentaries from independent creators, curated by The Atlantic.
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- Title
- The Kentucky Derby Reveals America's Problems
- Runtime
- 14:38
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- A portrait of the disparate but connected worlds of workers and revelers at the fastest two minutes in sports in Louisville, Kentucky. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/589702/kentucky-derby/
"The Derby" was directed by Remington Smith (www.facebook.com/theremingtonsmith). It is part of The Atlantic Selects, an online showcase of short documentaries from independent creators, curated by The Atlantic.
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- Title
- America Is Obsessed With Serial Killers
- Runtime
- 6:51
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Why do serial murderers maintain such an enduring grip on the American psyche? A new video from The Atlantic investigates our public obsession with killers like Ted Bundy and the true-crime stories they inspire. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/589468/serial-killers/
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- Title
- The World in Miniature Sculptures
- Runtime
- 4:41
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Rather than create Victorian dollhouses like her contemporaries, a miniatures artist keeps her work rooted in the real world. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/589450/miniatures/
"Life in Miniature" was directed by Ellen Evans (https://www.ellen-evans.com/). It is part of The Atlantic Selects, an online showcase of short documentaries from independent creators, curated by The Atlantic.
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- Title
- What Really Happens After You Give Birth
- Runtime
- 12:09
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- New mothers reveal how unprepared they felt for the severity of postpartum physical changes. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/589231/after-birth
"After Birth" was directed by Bronwen Parker-Rhodes (http://www.bronfilms.com). It is part of The Atlantic Selects, an online showcase of short documentaries from independent creators, curated by The Atlantic.
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- Title
- #MeToo Is Changing How Sex Is Simulated on Set
- Runtime
- 11:29
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- The growing demand for more ethical practices across the entertainment industry has paved the way for a new profession: intimacy directors.
“There are no actual sexual acts that happen on set,” says Alicia Rodis, an intimacy coordinator for HBO who has worked on shows such as The Deuce, in a new documentary from The Atlantic. “So much of it is smoke and mirrors.” Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/589033/intimacy-directors/
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- Title
- Pro-Choice and Anti-Abortion: Both Sides of the 'Heartbeat' Bill
- Runtime
- 31:10
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- A new short documentary seeks to understand the viewpoints of those who support and oppose increasingly restrictive abortion legislation, such as the "heartbeat" bill in Iowa. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/588958/heartbeat-bill/
"Heartbeat, Iowa" was directed by Emily Cameron. It is part of The Atlantic Selects, an online series of short documentaries from independent creators, curated by The Atlantic.
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- Title
- Grizzly Bears Saved My Life
- Runtime
- 11:46
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- When Doug Peacock returned from his second tour in Vietnam, he was ready for some peace and quiet. He found refuge in the wilds of Montana and Wyoming, among the many creatures that have inhabited the mountains and the plains for thousands of years. “My companions ended up being grizzlies,” Peacock says. “Those bears saved my life.” Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/588769/grizzly-country/
"Grizzly Country" was directed by Ben Moon (https://benmoon.com/). It is a part of The Atlantic Selects, an online showcase of short documentaries from independent creators, curated by The Atlantic.
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- Title
- Holocaust Survivor Band
- Runtime
- 4:48
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Saul Dreier and Reuwen (“Ruby”) Sosnowicz, both Polish nonagenarian Holocaust survivors, endured dramatically different circumstances during World War II. Dreier survived three concentration camps; in one, a cantor created an impromptu choir in the barracks, and Dreier learned to play drums by banging two spoons together. Sosnowicz spent the war in a barn amongst cattle, hidden by a Polish farmer. After, he took up the accordion to pass the time in displaced persons camp in Germany.
The men didn’t cross paths until retiring in Boca Raton, Florida. In 2015, they formed a Klezmer band, based on the musical tradition of their childhoods as Ashkenazis in Eastern Europe. They decided to call themselves the Holocaust Survivor Band. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/588565/survivor-band/
"Holocaust Survivor Band" was directed by Joshua Z Weinstein. It is part of The Atlantic Selects, an online showcase of short documentaries from independent cr...
- Title
- The Death of an American Church
- Runtime
- 15:06
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- George’s Creek Baptist Church is dying. There is no new generation to inherit it. For the elderly congregation, their stories are coming to an end, as well. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/588481/last-sermon/
"The Last Sermon at George's Creek" was directed by Bobby Moser and Spencer Creigh. It is part of The Atlantic Selects, an online showcase of short documentaries from independent creators, curated by The Atlantic.
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- Title
- My Family Ghost Story
- Runtime
- 30:00
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Christian Einshøj’s mother mentioned the ghost in passing. Had her nonchalance on the matter not given her son pause, she might never have mentioned the haunting again. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/588382/haunted/
“She described the encounter not as something unpleasant, but rather a welcome distraction,” Einshøj told me. “That immediately struck me as interesting. What kind of person would welcome a visit from the dead? Certainly, someone who had experienced a great loss.”
"Haunted" was directed by Christian Einshøj. It is part of The Atlantic Selects, an online showcase of short documentaries from independent creators, curated by The Atlantic.
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- Title
- Behind the Scenes of 911 Calls
- Runtime
- 8:27
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Inside an emergency dispatch center in San Francisco, 911 operators navigate the daily stresses of their job. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/588217/911/
"The Shift" was directed by Elivia Shaw and Paloma Martinez. It is part of The Atlantic Selects, an online showcase of short documentaries from independent creators, curated by The Atlantic.
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- Title
- Buddhist Parents: Expectations and Finding a Purpose in Life
- Runtime
- 12:01
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Finding a path in life is a tall order for anyone. But when you’re the son of a Buddhist monk, discovering your purpose can seem even more daunting. In her short documentary Sit, Yoko Okumura tells the story of her father, the Japanese Sōtō Zen priest Shohaku Okumura, and her brother, Masaki, who lives at home and struggles to find the motivation to go out in the world and seek a place for himself.
“Birds need to fly in order to figure out what the sky is like … We human beings need to do something in order to find [out] what this world is like,” says Shohaku in the film. Though in many ways their values align—the monk admires his son for his lack of concern for money and material possessions—Shohaku believes it’s important for Masaki to find work that he is passionate about in order to live independently in the world.
"Sit" was directed by Yoko Okumura (http://www.yokookumura.com). It is part of The Atlantic Selects, an online showcase of sho...
- Title
- The NHL’s Deadly Denial: The Dangers of Hockey
- Runtime
- 14:42
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Todd Ewen, a former professional hockey player, took his own life in September 2015 in the basement of his St. Louis home. Ewen had been suffering from depression and memory loss since his retirement from the NHL, in 1998. Before his death, he confided in his wife, Kelli, that he feared he may have chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE—a neurodegenerative disease that most experts agree is linked to repetitive head trauma.
After a grueling decade-plus career in the NHL, Ewen exhibited all the tell-tale symptoms. Kelli sent his brain to the neuropathologist Lili-Naz Hazrati to be analyzed for signs of CTE. Six months later, Hazrati called with shocking results: Ewen did not have CTE. The NHL seized on these results in its defense against a class-action suit brought by former players for the league’s negligence regarding head injuries. Hazrati went on to act as an expert witness for the NHL and pointed to Ewen’s case as an example of the inconsistency in CTE patholo...
- Title
- New Zealand’s Maori Won Personhood for This River
- Runtime
- 17:01
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- The government of New Zealand worked together with the indigenous Maori to legally confer the Whanganui River the rights of an individual. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/587689/river-me/
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"The River Is Me" was directed by David Fried (https://davidfreid.com/). It is part of The Atlantic Selects, an online showcase of short documentaries from independent creators, curated by The Atlantic.
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- Title
- Hawaii Park Ranger, Volcano God Descendant
- Runtime
- 4:08
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- In the Hawaiian religion, Pele is the goddess of volcanoes, fire, and lightning. She is believed to have created the Hawaiian islands, and is considered to be a sacred, primordial force.
Like many native Hawaiians of his generation, Keoni Kaholoʻaʻā, a park ranger at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, wasn’t exposed to much information about his indigenous roots. “I never grew up learning the culture,” Kaholoʻaʻā says in Bradley Tangonan’s short documentary Kaholoʻaʻā. “It left a massive void in me.”
Recently, he discovered the true meaning of his family name—“flow of jagged rock”—which, according to tradition, makes Kaholoʻaʻā a direct descendent of Pele. This understanding has renewed Kaholoʻaʻā’s sense of purpose. When the volcano Kilauea erupted in 2018, Kaholoʻaʻā joined other native Hawaiians in welcoming and expressing reverence for the deity, rather than fearing the damage the lava flow might cause.
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- Title
- Internet Free Speech: Do You Know Your Rights?
- Runtime
- 3:17
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- In theory, individuals should have the same rights online as they do in the physical world. But in practice, this is uncharted legal territory. Perhaps the most contentious area is free speech law.
“Your First Amendment rights exist in a digital space, just as much as they exist in the real world,” says Lata Nott, Executive Director of the First Amendment Center, in a new animated video. Nott goes on to explain how a group of Twitter users who were blocked by President Donald Trump’s official Twitter account took this idea to the courts—and won.
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- Title
- Post-Apocalyptic Tour of NYC in a Multiplayer Shooter Game
- Runtime
- 16:14
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- The digital war zone of "Tom Clancy's The Division," a dystopian multiplayer shooter game, is reappropriated for a pacifist city tour of dystopian Manhattan. Our absurdly humorous tour guide comments freely on the city's urban design and architectural past while trying to avoid being killed by stray bullets.
“New York is under martial law, which can be dangerous for us casual urban explorers,” warns our tour guide, dressed in full combat gear. His tour group, each carrying an AK-47, moves awkwardly in their avatars. The guide explains how to maneuver with keyboard controls. “We're in a narrative multiplayer shooter game,” the guide explains. “But today, we will walk through the battlefield with a peaceful intention and just focus on the city itself.”
"Operation Jane Walk" was directed by Leonhard Müllner and Robin Klengel. It is part of The Atlantic Selects, an online showcase of short documentaries by independent creators, curated by The Atlantic...
- Title
- The Heroin Hearse in the OD Capital of America
- Runtime
- 12:08
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- In drug-ravaged Appalachia, a man tries to save lives by bringing death into the streets. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/586753/heroin-hearse/
"Heroin Hearse" was directed by Ryan Buckley and produced by Mark Winters. It is part of The Atlantic Selects, an online showcase of short documentaries from independent creators, curated by The Atlantic.
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- Title
- This Detroit Minister Changing the Neighborhood Watch Game
- Runtime
- 12:53
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- A Detroit minister rallies his community to shut down a drug house in an inspiring display of collective action. This riveting observational documentary, premiering on The Atlantic today, follows Shabazz and his church-run organization, Detroit 300, as they knock on doors to peacefully confront the perpetrators of a drug operation that has set up shop next to the church. Rather than report the offenders to the authorities, Shabazz and his cohort attempt to dissuade them from dealing in the first place. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/586654/community-patrol/
"Community Patrol" was directed by Andrew James (http://www.andrewjamesfilm.com/). It is part of The Atlantic Selects, an online showcase of short documentaries from independent creators, curated by The Atlantic.
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- Title
- How Virtual Reality Helps Catch Nazis
- Runtime
- 17:00
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- In Germany, prosecutors are using virtual-reality models of Auschwitz to build cases against World War II criminals. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/586567/nazi-vr/
"Nazi VR" was directed by David Freid (https://davidfreid.com/). It is part of The Atlantic Selects, an online showcase of short documentaries from independent creators, curated by The Atlantic.
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- Title
- We Are Brothers, Skateboarders, Americans, and Muslims
- Runtime
- 7:40
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- When Ben Mullinkosson first moved to Washington, D.C., he knew next to no one. “So I went to Freedom Plaza, which is internationally known as the skate spot in D.C., and within five minutes of arriving, I met Osama and Ayman,” Mullinkosson told me. “They were like, ‘Come skate with us.’ We were instant friends.”
The brothers welcomed Mullinkosson into their orbit. As Mullinkosson got to know them over time, he became privy to the unique challenges they face by virtue of their identity. Born and raised in Huntsville, Alabama, Osama and Ayman’s parents emigrated from Egypt. They are engineers (Ayman works for NASA), avid skateboarders, and devout Muslims—a combination of traits that the brothers say tends to confuse strangers. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/586243/osama-and-ayman/
"Osama and Ayman" was directed by Ben Mullinkosson, Sam Price-Waldman, and Chris Cresci of Rainhouse Cinema (http://rainhousecinema.com/). It is pa...
- Title
- Identical Twins Who Look Nothing Alike
- Runtime
- 11:25
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Adam and Neil Pearson are identical twins, but you’d never know it from looking at them. Although they share the same DNA, their appearances are vastly different; each suffers from neurofibromatosis, a rare genetic disorder that has affected them in divergent ways. They tell their story in this deeply moving short documentary. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/585814/pearson-twins/
"The Pearson Twins" was directed by Jonathan Braue (https://www.woodwardoriginal.com/). It is part of The Atlantic Selects, an online showcase of short documentaries from independent creators, curated by The Atlantic.
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- Title
- A Dream of Happily Ever After
- Runtime
- 4:53
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Horatio Baltz was in Cuba participating in a filmmaking workshop led by Werner Herzog when he met nine-year-old Maribel. The schoolgirl, from the small, rural town of Pueblo Textil, wanted to tell him about love. Wearing a red uniform with a red bandana tied around her neck, Maribel professed her unrequited affection for a boy named José.
“I always wanted him to tell me that he likes me, that he’s in love with me, that he wants to see me… but he never told me those things, even when we talked,” says Maribel in Baltz’s short documentary, True Love in Pueblo Textil. Maribel dreams of a happily-ever-after future with José, in which the couple travels to Havana to see exciting things. “We’ll get married and all that… and do all the things that people do when they get older.”
At once, the film is a heartening portrait of a young girl’s romanticism and a somewhat disquieting augury of disillusionment. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/vide...
- Title
- This Woman Was Written Out of Hula-Hoop History
- Runtime
- 10:28
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- In Chris Riess and Amy Hill’s short documentary "Hula Girl," premiering on The Atlantic today, 94-year-old Joan Anderson finally gets the chance to set the record straight about the history of the enormously popular fad she brought to the United States from Australia. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/585661/hula-hoop/
"Hula Girl" was directed by Chris Riess and Amy Hill (http://www.riesshill.com/). It is part of The Atlantic Selects, an online showcase of short documentaries from independent creators, curated by The Atlantic.
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- Title
- Gaming Disorder: What It’s Like to Be Addicted to Video Games
- Runtime
- 13:40
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Through recreations of their player avatars, people addicted to video games reveal the enormous toll the disorder took on their lives. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/585445/i-was-winner/
"I Was a Winner" was directed by Jonas Odell. It is part of The Atlantic Selects, an online showcase of short documentaries from independent creators, curated by The Atlantic.
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