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A SHORT TRIP BETWEEN ART AND LIFE
CAPTAIN AUDIO - 'BUGS'
CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE FIRST PEOPLE
COTTONMOUTH, TEXAS
DIAMONDS IN THE DUST: BURNING MAN 2001
GEN-Y COPS
GRAND THEFT AUTO III TRAILER
LOS AMIGOS INVISIBLES - 'PONERTE EN QUATRO'
MAX PAYNE - X-BOX TRAILER
RHETT BUTLER
ROBERT CREELEY AND THE PERSISTENCE OF VERSE
STRONGHOLD: BEHIND THE SCENES
THE COMAS - 'TIGER IN A TOWER'
THE LAST RECORD STORE
UNITY SQUARE: THE NEW LANGUAGE OF PAIN
WAR AND PEACE: AMERICAN CROSSROADS
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"If cinema has ever existed, it's in the thrill of discovery..." Cinematexas is one of the world's fastest growing International Film Festivals - this year representing 26 countries around the world. Founded in 1995, Cinematexas celebrates the art of short films and media as a force for changing the world in which we live. Go behind the lens of this grassroots film revival as SubstanceTV talks with the directors that keep the art of cinema alive.
For Regina Chellew, every concert is an event, unique in itself, with its own theme or artistic quirk, as she defies the traditional routine of playing the same songs in the same clubs week after week. Here, she expands on this refreshing approach to the music scene with "Bugs", which is not so much a music video as a minimalist visual companion to the song of the same name.
SubstanceTV is proud to present this series of Public Service Announcements in honor of Native American Appreciation Month. Produced by Rich-Heape films, celebrate as they educate, detailing a wide range of Native American cultural advancements, from medicine to government.
Based in the fictional town of "cottonmouth, texas" this short film is actually collection of four individual "snapshots" into the life of "Chate", an uninspired American thirty-something who seems lost in a mindless quagmire of television, pornography, pot, and prejudiced passivity. Written and performed by Dallas spoken word artist Jeffrey Liles, "cottonmouth, texas" is a meditative study in southern slack. Portland filmmaker Chel White directs with a keen nuance of geography, an almost surreal sense of junk imagery- quite an achievement given the format. All four of the short stories were taken from the cottonmouth, texas albums "anti-social butterfly", "white trash receptacle", and "The Right to Remain Silent".
SubstanceTV visited Burning Man 2001 in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada this past September, and we returned with some very dusty, very magical still images that we've set to music and motion to offer a sneak peak into this inexplicable oasis of creativity and passion. This was a first time visit for the crew members involved, and they left Black Rock City certain that they would never miss another Burning Man Festival for as long as they all shall live...and possibly beyond.
When an American attack robot is released onto the streets of Hong Kong, the stakes are raised for the Gen-Y Cops, Hong Kong's funkiest crime-fighting team. With great humor and fantastic hi-tech action sequences, Gen-Y Cops is one of the most exciting Hong Kong action films of the year. SubstanceTV presents the theatrical trailer to Benny Chan's sequel to the internationally successful Gen-X Cops..
It started as a rogue on the PC, but its high degree of success and controversy has taken the Grand Theft Auto series into the third generation. Gamers around the country eagerly anticipate the three-dimensional Playstation 2 installment of the sure-fire hit by Rockstar Games, who have provided SubstanceTV with an exclusive trailer not yet available on the Internet.
Combining a dripping dose of tongue-in-cheek sexual innuendo with a sonic mingling of salsa, funk, and acid-jazz, Los Amigos Invisibles have established themselves as the seminal Latin party band. SubstanceTV presents “Ponerte En Cuatro”, a visually striking video from their debut release, “The New Sound of the Venezuelan Gozadera”, released on Luaka Bop, the world music label founded by Talking Heads psycho-poet David Byrne.
Max Payne is a man with nothing to lose in the violent, cold urban night. A fugitive undercover cop framed for murder, and now hunted by cops and the mob. Max is a man with his back against the wall, fighting a battle he cannot hope to win. Developed by Remedy Entertainment and produced by 3D Realms, Max Payne is a relentless story-driven game about a man on the edge, fighting for his justice while uncovering plot-twists and twisted thugs in the gritty bowels of New York during the century's worst blizzard.
Rhett Butler, a 28 year-old Humble, Texas native, first picked up a guitar fifteen years ago, and he has since developed a style and technique both extraordinary and entertaining in this age of three-chord guitar heroes. Experience Rhett's unique musical approach in our exclusive video profile.
Robert Creeley's influence on American poetry spans more than half a century-from
his early post-war experimentalism and days with the Black Mountain
Review, to his association with Ginsberg and the Beats, and ongoing
collaborations with visual artists and jazz musicians.
Creeley remains prolific and stylistically independent. In an exclusive
conversation with Bruce Jackson, Creeley reflects on what gives life
its verse, and how art and poetry can survive in the years to come.
Stronghold is a unique cross between city builders such as Caesar III or Sim City and a RTS in the tradition of Command & Conquer and Age of Empires. Set in medieval Europe, players establish settlements, build and manage castles and engage in siege warfare. The game incorporates much more building and "community managing" than a traditional RTS, yet allows for a
more intense combat experience than city builders have featured in the past.
In an era of three-guitarists-and-a-drummer bands, a band appears out of nowhere, delivering a new flavor to the music scene. Each of the four members of The Comas plays multiple instruments to enhance the texture of "Tiger in a Tower" to breathtaking degrees. "Tiger in a Tower" acts as an accompaniment to a beautiful visual journey that combines animation and collage to provide a truly unique visual experience.
Based on a documentary by spoken word artist Jeff Liles and partner Perla Doherty, The Last Record Store examines the cultural phenomenon of Bill’s Records and Tapes, one of the nation’s largest independent record stores and a sanctuary for an eclectic
mix of musicians, street philosophers, and social misfits.
Unity Square is a conceptual photomontage, documenting the day of September 12th, 2001 in New York City's Union Square, a small urban park transformed into a grassroots memorial by the people of New York to express their pain and shock through art and words. The images conjure important questions thrust suddenly into the minds of all Americans: Has our constitution of freedoms managed to spoil us? How much do we appreciate our democracy? Do we dare question our own government? Unity Square
features images captured by Sasha Shor and Andrea Schneider, brought to life through the work of Jessica Nelson.
On September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on Washington D.C. and New York City ignited in American hearts a war fervor unfelt since the bombing of Pearl Harbor. But along with demands for military retribution emerged growing cries for peace. In War and Peace: American Crossroads, SubstanceTV examines the passions behind both sides of what may well become the defining issue of our time.
