The Atlantic
Hawaii's Kilaeuea Volcanic Eruption: A Stunning Time-Lapse
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- Hawaii's Kilaeuea Volcanic Eruption: A Stunning Time-Lapse
- Runtime
- 3:06
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Ph.D. student-turned-filmmaker Tyler Hulett ventured across the currently erupting volcano Kīlauea to film this short compilation of photographs that, when edited together and sped up, depicts the flow of a lava river. It was a dangerous project, the extent of which Hulett wouldn’t become aware until nearly a year later. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/562193/time-lapse-kilauea
"Dawn of Fire" was directed by Tyler Hulett. It is part of The Atlantic Selects, an online showcase of short documentaries from independent creators, curated by The Atlantic.
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- 'Russian Spiderman' Scales Moscow's Tallest Buildings
- Runtime
- 15:00
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Moscow teenager Kirill Oreshkin scales the city’s tallest buildings, defying both gravity and convention. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/561977/russian-spiderman
"The Hanging" is directed by Geoffrey Feinberg. 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
- Against Empathy
- Runtime
- 2:52
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Paul Bloom, psychologist and Yale professor, argues that empathy is a bad thing—that it makes the world worse. While we've been taught that putting yourself in another's shoes cultivates compassion, it actually blinds you to the long-term consequences of your actions. In this animated interview from The Atlantic, we hear Bloom’s case for why the world needs to ditch empathy. Readers are discussing and debating this video in our Notes section.
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- Title
- Tangier Island: Among the First U.S. Climate Refugees?
- Runtime
- 12:04
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- The small island of Tangier sits 12 miles off the coast of Virginia. It’s a peaceful, salt-of-the-earth kind of place, with only 600 full-time residents, most of whom have known their neighbors—commercial crabbers, watermen, schoolteachers, parishioners—for generations. Shortly, however, that may all come to an end.
As soon as 25 years from now, Tangier is expected to disappear into the sea. The people who live there, along with the residents of similar coastal towns and islands threatened by sea-level rise, may become among the first U.S. climate refugees.
Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/561587/among-the-first-us-climate-refugees/?preview=V0P0RykMZtZLmvOnSn5HVuc1quc
"Tangier" is directed by Jeff Leeds Cohn. 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 U.S. Presidency Is Broken: A Conversation with John Dickerson and Jeffrey Goldberg
- Runtime
- 58:34
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Can the presidency be repaired?
John Dickerson, a co-host of CBS This Morning and contributor for The Atlantic, chats with the magazine's editor in chief, Jeffery Goldberg, about Dickerson's recent cover story and its central question of how the office of the presidency is flawed.
Trump's admission that the presidency is harder than he expected should come as no surprise. "This is a common presidential revelation,” says Dickerson. The pair discusses the emergence of presidential campaigns, the outsized expectations of the American public, and why fixing the presidency is a task that’s bigger than any one person. Read Dickerson's cover story on The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/05/a-broken-office/556883/
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- Title
- In Colombia, Murders Without Consequence
- Runtime
- 20:46
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- In Colombia, social leaders and community organizers are routinely assassinated, while those responsible are rarely prosecuted. “We made this film because no one, particularly the US media, seemed to care,” co-director Tom Laffay told The Atlantic. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/561194/colombia-social-leaders/
"They're Killing Us" is directed by Tom Laffay, Daniel Bustos, and Emily Wright. It is part of The Atlantic Selects, an online showcase of short documentaries from independent creators, curated by The Atlantic.
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- WWII D-Day Paratrooper Reflects on Freedom, Family, and America
- Runtime
- 8:48
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- At 92, Les Cruise is one of the last surviving paratroopers from D-Day. “He is like a celebrity to a lot of people in the military community,” said Michael Ayjian, who, along with Stephen Skeel, co-directed a short documentary about Cruise. The film follows Cruise as the National Warplane Museum grants him the opportunity to fly once again on Whiskey 7, the very same plane from which he jumped on D-Day. This time, however, the veteran’s children and great-grandchildren are there by his side. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/561371/all-american/
"All American" is directed by Michael Ayjian and Stephen Skeel and produced by 7 Wonders Cinema. It is part of The Atlantic Selects, a showcase of short documentaries from independent creators, curated by The Atlantic.
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- Title
- The Collapsing Bridge
- Runtime
- 3:02
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- “I remember seeing the ‘Galloping Gertie’ Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse in a Physics class in high school,” Lucy Walker told The Atlantic, “and the surprising image of something as sturdy and robust-looking as a mighty bridge twisting and twirling like rope—and ultimately snapping—has always stayed with me.”
In 2017, Walker, an Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker, was asked to make a short film inspired by the theme of “bridges” for the annual TEDWomen conference. “One of the first things I always do when approaching a subject is to think about poetry on similar themes,” Walker said. Immediately, she called to mind Kate Rushin’s “The Bridge Poem." Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/561125/bridge-poem-rushin/
"Bridge Poem" was directed by Lucy Walker. 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
- Edge of Daybreak: The Real Jailhouse Rock
- Runtime
- 10:21
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Call it whatever you want—jailhouse rock, incarcerated funk, prison soul. But any way you slice it, Edge of Daybreak’s "Eyes of Love" is a singular achievement in music history. Recorded live in prison by incarcerated musicians during a strict five-hour window, this 1979 record is an improbable soul music sensation. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/560831/edge-of-daybreak
"Edge of Daybreak" was directed by Alix Lambert. 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 Devastating Hate Crime in Kansas
- Runtime
- 14:00
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- On February 22, 2017, Adam Purinton, a United States Navy veteran, walked into Austin’s Bar in Olathe, Kansas and singled out two South Indian men, Srinivas Kuchibhotla and Alok Madasani, who were there enjoying happy hour. “He approached them, asking, ‘Are you here illegally?’” recounts Sunayana Dumala, Kuchibhotla’s wife, in the short film "Do We Belong?" “Srinivas being Srinivas, he was polite. He tried to answer, ‘I am here on a work visa.’ But [Purinton] thought that Srinivas was from Iran and he was here illegally. I think that’s why he said, ‘Get out of my country,’ before he shot Srinivas down.” Kuchibhotla was killed that day. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/560669/hate-crime-in-kansas
"Do We Belong?" is directed by Sofian Khan. 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 Visual History of Light
- Runtime
- 2:20
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- 400,000 years ago, humans and Neanderthals created fire. This ignited a relationship between people and photons that changed the course of mankind—and continues to evolve to this day. Take a tour through the visual history of light. For a detailed timeline of light inventions throughout humanity, go here: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/560585/visual-history-light/
For more on the relationship between humans and light, check out Stephen Ong's "The Evolution of Light": https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/409378/the-evolution-of-light/
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- Title
- The 99% Is a Myth—Here's How It Really Breaks Down
- Runtime
- 3:04
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- When it comes to the division of wealth, many Americans believe that the country is split between the 1%, which possesses a significant share of the country’s money, and the 99%, or “the people.” In reality, The Atlantic writer Matthew Stewart argues, 9.9% of the population comprises America’s new aristocracy, which often “takes wealth out of productive activities and invests it in walls.” But this group of people is rich in more than mere money, and its constancy poses an insidious threat to the promise of American democracy.
Read Stewart's article on The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/06/the-birth-of-a-new-american-aristocracy/559130/
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- Title
- Miami's 'Parrot-Poaching' Problem
- Runtime
- 7:59
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- In Miami, wild macaws are regularly captured for the pet trade. Even though these parrots can live for 50 years or more, have the cognitive abilities of a human child, and form deep, decades-long social relationships with other members of their species, they are often destined to live a solitary life in a cage. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/560441/parrot-macaws-miami/
"Parrots in Peril" is directed by Neil Losin. 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
- When Mother's Day Means a Trip to Prison
- Runtime
- 7:59
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- A heartbreaking observational documentary follows groups of children as they travel long distances by bus to visit their mothers in prison on Mother’s Day. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/560048/mothers-day-in-prison
"Mother's Day" was directed by Elizabeth Lo and R.J. Lozada. 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 Poetic Ode to Motherhood
- Runtime
- 2:20
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Becoming a mother changed the way Nanfu Wang saw the world. This is an experience common to new parents, but it’s often ineffable. Wang’s new film, Between Everything, renders the perspective shift of motherhood in cinematic poetry. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/560051/mothers-day-nanfu-wang
"Between Everything" was directed by Nanfu Wang. 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 You Should Argue in Front of Your Kids
- Runtime
- 2:20
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- NYT best-selling author Adam Grant explains that hiding disagreements from children can impair their ability to learn creative problem-solving. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/560054/home-school-episode-2
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- Title
- Israeli Settlers in the Occupied West Bank
- Runtime
- 16:41
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- “Why would an Israeli Jew choose to live in the West Bank?”
That’s the question that motivates writer Wajahat Ali to travel to Israel in a new documentary from The Atlantic. Ali, who has been critical of Israel, embarks on a personal quest to understand the perspectives of some of the 400,000 Israeli Jews who live in the occupied territory in defiance of international law—and to hear from the Palestinians who oppose them.
In his travels through the West Bank, Ali visits the family of a Palestinian terrorist, ventures into the heart of one of the most radical settlements, and speaks to the leader of an NGO focused on creating a dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians.
Read Ali's article in the June 2018 issue of The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/06/a-muslim-among-the-settlers/559145/
Author: Daniel Lombroso
Support for this project has been provided by the Henry R. Luce Initiative ...
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- Jeff VanderMeer on 'Annihilation,' Utopia, and Climate Change
- Runtime
- 2:25
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Jeff VanderMeer, the author of 'Annihilation,' discusses how writing fiction about environmental crises may jolt readers out of complacency in this animated interview with The Atlantic.
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- Title
- Two Young Sisters Escape Syria
- Runtime
- 10:35
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- In 2013, Laura Wadha, who is half Syrian and half Scottish, enrolled in film school in the UK. Her grandfather offered some resonant parting words: use filmmaking to help people. “I immediately thought of my family in Syria,” Wadha told The Atlantic.
Thus began the four-year process of making Flight, a heartrending short film that follows Wadha’s aunt, Eman, and two young cousins, Mera and Maria, as they escape from Syria and try to build a new life in Sweden. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/559448/flight-syria-movie/
"Flight" was directed by Lara Wadha. 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 Slave Who Sued for Freedom
- Runtime
- 11:16
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- In November 1815, a woman known only as Anna jumped from the third-floor window of a tavern in Washington, D.C. The 24-year-old had just been sold for $5 by Georgia slave traders and separated from her husband and four children. Though she broke her back, Anna survived. The story was reported widely at the time; in many instances, it was used as fodder for the abolitionist movement. But following the incident, history lost track of Anna.
Thirteen years later, a slave named Ann Williams filed a petition for her freedom—and won. It turned out to be Anna. But for 200 years, no one knew that she had sued for her freedom. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/559364/ann-williams-slave-freedom
"Anna" was directed and animated by Michael Burton. It is part of The Atlantic Selects, an online showcase of short documentaries from independent creators, curated by The Atlantic. For more information on the film, go here: http://annwilliamsfilm.com/herstory
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- The Music of Peace in North and South Korea
- Runtime
- 17:37
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- “Is this ridiculous, what I’m trying to do?” says South Korean violinist Hyungjoon Won in the short documentary 9at38. Catherine Lee’s film, premiering on The Atlantic today, follows Won as he attempts to stage a peace concert at the 38th Parallel Demilitarized Zone to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Korea’s independence. “I’ve made an official pitch to the South and North Korean governments for a choir from the North and orchestra from the South to play Beethoven’s 9th,” explains Won in the film. “The lyrics mention a mysterious force that unites what’s divided, making us brothers.” Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/559226/9-at-38/
"9at38" is directed by Catherine 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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- The Paraplegic Possum, the Cross-Eyed Cat, and the Fish That Can't Swim
- Runtime
- 15:49
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- A couple shares their quirky passion: caring for a menagerie of rescued animals with various disabilities. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/558731/pickle-short-film/
"Pickle" is directed by Amy Nicholson and distributed by Oscilloscope Laboratories. 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's Broken Presidency
- Runtime
- 2:32
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- “Many of the responsibilities that vex Trump are ones that were not part of the job’s original design,” writes The Atlantic contributing writer and co-host of CBS This Morning, John Dickerson. In his May cover article, "The Hardest Job in the World," Dickerson argues that the office has ballooned. The responsibilities of the presidency--and the path to the office--makes the role unworkable. In this new video, Dickerson explains how we got here. Read Dickerson's full article on The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/05/a-broken-office/556883/
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- Title
- When Tax Cuts Failed
- Runtime
- 16:02
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- In 2012, Kansas passed one of the largest income tax cuts in the state’s history. Today, it serves as a cautionary tale. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/558143/kansas-tax-cuts
This film was directed by Melinda Shopsin and produced by ITVS Independent Lens. 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
- When Einstein Warned the World
- Runtime
- 2:30
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Seventy years ago, Albert Einstein presaged atomic war and cautioned the international community against fear-mongering. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/557987/einstein-atomic-war
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- Title
- Life in Juvenile Detention
- Runtime
- 4:12
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Marquez Jackson is serving a juvenile life sentence at Bon Air Correctional Center in Virginia for second-degree murder. Jackson lives in the maximum-security side of Bon Air. “I get locked in my room every night,” he says. “Everything is about security here. I get searched every time I move.” Jackson will be at Bon Air until he turns 21. “The thing that makes me happy is just visualizing what I could be doing if I was home.”
This VR series from The Atlantic is part of a larger reporting project on juvenile justice reform in Virginia. As the population of incarcerated young people has declined, the state has closed all but one center, Bon Air Correctional Center. Approximately 200 inmates are serving out their sentences there, many of them far from their families and communities. Follow The Atlantic for more, including an inside look at Bon Air and perspectives from inmates, staff, and advocates.
These three VR films explore firsthand experiences...
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- Life After Juvenile Detention
- Runtime
- 4:40
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Zhacori Bates served a two-and-a-half year sentence in a Virginia juvenile-corrections center for a crime she committed when she was 17. Now, she’s returning to her neighborhood, where she faces challenges reintegrating with the community and getting back on her feet.
This VR series from The Atlantic is part of a larger reporting project on juvenile justice reform in Virginia. As the population of incarcerated young people has declined, the state has closed all but one center, Bon Air Correctional Center. Approximately 200 inmates are serving out their sentences there, many of them far from their families and communities. Follow The Atlantic for more, including an inside look at Bon Air and perspectives from inmates, staff, and advocates.
These three VR films explore firsthand experiences of three young people in the system. Blending interviews with 3-D animation, each film presents a perspective from a different stage in the detention process. For an opt...
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- Life in an Alternative to Juvenile Detention
- Runtime
- 3:11
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- The Apartment Living Program in Virginia Beach, Virginia, rents a block of apartments to divert youth out of juvenile detention. Darrynun Mabry, who was arrested for bringing a gun to school, lives there. “It’s like a second chance,” he says. “It’s a chance to be independent and learn how to be on my own.” When Mabry sees his peers released from juvenile detention, he says they often wind up locked up again. “If it weren’t for this program, I would have gone back [to prison].”
This VR series from The Atlantic is part of a larger reporting project on juvenile justice reform in Virginia. As the population of incarcerated young people has declined, the state has closed all but one center, Bon Air Correctional Center. Approximately 200 inmates are serving out their sentences there, many of them far from their families and communities. Follow The Atlantic for more, including an inside look at Bon Air and perspectives from inmates, staff, and advocates.
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- Title
- Can Humans and Lions Get Along?
- Runtime
- 5:16
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- In Africa, drought and urbanization are pushing wildlife and people into closer contact. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/557792/humans-lions
"Living with Lions" was directed by Nani Walker. 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
- Are Helicopter Parents Ruining a Generation?
- Runtime
- 2:31
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- “Initially, helicopter parenting appears to work,” says Julie Lythcott-Haims, author of How to Raise an Adult. “As a kid, you're kept safe, you're given direction, and you might get a better grade because the parent is arguing with the teacher.” But, ultimately, parents end up getting in the child’s way. In the first episode of Home School, The Atlantic’s new animated series on parenting, Lythcott-Haims explains how helicopter parenting strips children of agency and the ability to cultivate their own tools to navigate the world.
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- Title
- 'It's Difficult for Trans People to Enter Public Spaces'
- Runtime
- 9:28
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- It’s easy to take for granted the ability to move through public spaces without consequence. But for many marginalized communities, this simply isn’t the reality. “[People] say that we’re unnatural, that we’re perverted, that we’re not genuine people,” says a transgender woman in Cecilia Golding and Nick Finegan’s documentary, The Swimming Club. “It’s difficult for trans people to enter public spaces because their bodies are different—there’s prejudice.” Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/557630/trans-safe-space/
"The Swimming Club" was directed by Cecilia Golding and Nick Finegan. 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 Difficult Choice Facing Young Bushmen
- Runtime
- 28:46
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Is there inherent value in preserving tradition? What if tradition, for you, meant rejecting modern life in favor of your ancestral lifestyle of hunting and gathering in sub-Saharan Africa? This is the very real choice facing Ketelelo and Kitsiso, two young Bushmen in Botswana, in Daniel Koehler’s moving documentary, "A House Without Snakes." Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/557462/bushmen-botswana/
"A House Without Snakes" was directed by Daniel Koehler. 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 Human Face of a Prison Sentence
- Runtime
- 18:16
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- 15 years ago, Jason Bobbit was released from prison for conspiracy to distribute cocaine. He was elated to return home to his wife and five children. Every moment not spent looking for a job was a chance to be the father he couldn’t be behind bars. But employment options for ex-convicts are limited. Companies that would hire him—Home Depot, for instance—paid only $9 an hour. “I can’t take care of a family on that,” Bobbit says in James Burns’s short documentary, Revolving Doors. “One day, I just decided, ‘I’ve got to do something. I’m not going to let my kids be homeless.’ When times get tough for people, people make tough choices.” Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/557324/revolving-doors/
"Revolving Doors" is directed by James Burns. 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 Iraqi Rapper
- Runtime
- 4:29
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Taher Raad (AKA "Darky"), an Iraqi musician living in Istanbul, wants to be the voice of what he describes as a forgotten people. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/557162/taher-raad-iraq-rap/
"Taher from Iraq" is directed by Tara Milutis. 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 a Picture from the Sky Reveals About Oppression
- Runtime
- 3:03
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- In honor of the MLK Special Issue, The Atlantic commissioned artist and photographer LaToya Ruby Frazier to photograph Chicago, Baltimore, and Memphis from the air—cities that bear MLK’s legacy. In her aerial photography, Frazier explains, the specter of oppression is writ large. “The history is written on that landscape and the body of its inhabitants,” says Frazier. “It became very clear to me how Freddie Gray lived in an environment that is toxic… it just looks like a target from the air.”
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- Title
- Inside Juvenile Detention
- Runtime
- 10:41
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- As recently as 2005, the state of Virginia had eight centers like Bon Air Juvenile Correctional Facility, housing more than 1,300 delinquent youth. But by 2017, after a series of reforms, that number had shrunk to one.
“It's not that you can't do good work here,” said Andy Block, who, since 2014, has served as the juvenile-justice department’s director. “But the place itself and the design and the size and the location are barriers to doing good work.” Block and others are working to close Bon Air and replace it with something that reflects the juvenile justice reforms that have taken hold in Virginia and across the country—a system that once focused on confinement is now dedicated to rehabilitation. In recent years, more than 70 percent of Virginia's juvenile inmates were rearrested within three years of their release.*
Read more on The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/projects/juvenile-justice/
*This documentary originally stat...
- Title
- John Legend and Jesse Williams on Art and Activism
- Runtime
- 3:13
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- The Atlantic's Adrienne Green sat down with Jesse Williams and John Legend for the MLK special edition of the magazine to speak about their stances on racial injustice, the struggle for civil rights, and how artists can move the needle on both counts.
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- Title
- Real Talk About Open Relationships
- Runtime
- 6:02
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Non-monogamous couples speak candidly about the challenges and rewards of their lifestyle. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/556988/open-relationship-nonmonogamy
"Polyhedric Love" was directed by Maria Rosa Badia. 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
- Have You Ever Really Seen the Moon?
- Runtime
- 3:19
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- When Wylie Overstreet set up his telescope outside on a whim, he had no idea he would inspire awe in hundreds of strangers on the streets of Los Angeles, reminding them of their common humanity. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/556811/telescope-moon
"A New View of the Moon" was directed by Alex Gorosh. 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 Hopeful Face of Middle America
- Runtime
- 17:04
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- “I think that youth should be heard—and not only heard, but listened to,” says a teenager in the short documentary My America. As the reverberations from last weekend’s Marches for Our Lives continue to make headlines, Barnaby Roper’s film offers a galvanizing portrait of youth in America’s heartland. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/556634/middle-america-youth
"My America" was directed by Barnaby Roper and produced by Cadence Films. 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
- The President Sang Amazing Grace (Joan Baez)
- Runtime
- 3:21
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- “I was driving when I heard ‘The President Sang Amazing Grace,’” Joan Baez told The Atlantic, “and I had to pull over to make sure I heard whose song it was because I knew I had to sing it.” The 77-year-old folk legend included the song in her final album, Whistle Down The Wind, released in early March. Originally written and performed by Zoe Mulford following the 2015 mass shooting in a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina, Baez’s rendition of “The President Sang Amazing Grace” has been animated in a powerful new video. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/556574/joan-baez-amazing-grace
"The President Sang Amazing Grace" is performed by Joan Baez, written by Zoe Mulford, and animated in this video by Jeff Scher. 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 Are So Many Pregnant Mothers Dying in D.C.?
- Runtime
- 7:27
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- "Maternity Desert," a new documentary from The Atlantic, follows Amber Pierre, a 24-year-old African-American woman living in southeast D.C. Pierre is pregnant with her second child. After two previous miscarriages, she is navigating a high-risk pregnancy that, combined with her Medicaid coverage, requires she visit a hospital every two weeks to be seen by an Ob-Gyn. Pierre lives in Anacostia River, the area of D.C. most affected by the closures. In these neighborhoods, the population is 93 percent black and 32 percent below the poverty line. Across the U.S., black mothers are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than white mothers. In the nation’s capital, where the maternal mortality rate is already twice as high as the national average, two recent hospital closures have the potential to make this disparity much worse. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/556499/maternity-desert-dc
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- Title
- The Nightmare of Not Having Healthcare When You’re Sick
- Runtime
- 22:18
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- An altruistic entrepreneur is forced to redefine his goals in the face of a life-altering health condition. Read More: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/555992/failure-modern-success
"Ten Days: A Modern Success Story" 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's Most Widely Misread Literary Sensation
- Runtime
- 1:09
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken,” originally published in The Atlantic in 1915, is animated in a new video. The poem is often interpreted as an anthem of individualism and nonconformity, seemingly encouraging readers to take the road less traveled. This interpretation has long been propagated through countless song lyrics, newspaper columns, and graduation speeches. But as Frost liked to warn his listeners, “You have to be careful of that one; it’s a tricky poem—very tricky.” Read More: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/555959/robert-frost-road-not-taken
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- Title
- Populism Will Save the Democrats
- Runtime
- 1:41
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Franklin Foer argues the party needs a populist message to win back a majority.
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- Title
- The 'Most Elusive' Man in North America
- Runtime
- 13:55
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Dag Aabye is a septuagenarian Ultra Marathon champion who lives completely off the grid. Can two filmmakers track him down—and if so, what will they find? Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/555527/dag-aabye-death-race/
"Never Die Easy" was directed by Adam Maruniak and Justin Pelletier. 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
- The Cursed Appalachian Mining Town
- Runtime
- 25:20
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- In the late 1800s, traveling preacher Robert Sheffey cursed the town of Ivanhoe, Virginia, after witnessing what one female resident describes as “houses of ill repute, fighting, drunkenness, and a rejection of his ministry by the townspeople.” Legend has it that Sheffey condemned the sinful town to sink into the earth and be consumed by the pits of hell. “Whether you believe in it or not, after that happened, we lost everything,” says the same Ivanhoe resident in this short documentary. “We have nothing.” Today, Ivanhoe is even plagued by sinkholes—multiple houses have disappeared entirely into the earth. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/555359/ivanhoe-virginia-appalachia
"The Curse and the Jubilee" was directed by Ivete Lucas and Patrick Bresnan. 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 Is a Theme Park
- Runtime
- 5:13
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- In Vienna, a 20-year-old woman has ridden a carousel every day for six years straight. But it's not just for the thrill. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/555218/my-family-is-a-theme-park
"Keeping Balance" is directed by Bernhard Wenger. 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 NASCAR Driver Who Made History
- Runtime
- 2:49
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Wendell Scott began his career racing cars in the South during the Jim Crow era in 1952. His son and grandson remember what it was like for Wendell as one of the first African-American drivers in NASCAR. They describe him as exceptionally talented and driven, “like Picasso—a great artist doing his work.” Despite receiving death threats and having first-place accolades consistently stripped due to institutionalized racism, Wendell persisted. His motto: “When it’s too tough for anybody else, it’s just right for me.”
"Driven" was directed and produced by StoryCorps. 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 Does It Feel to Be a Problem?
- Runtime
- 2:45
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- An animated excerpt of an article from W.E.B. Du Bois depicts the alienation experienced by African Americans. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/554972/web-dubois-striving-negro/
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