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Newsweek’s Middle East Editor (and tumblr-er!) Christopher Dickey stars in our latest ‘Op-Vid: Campaign 2012’ video, tackling what the word “Occupation” truly means. If you’ve been following the revolution in Egypt, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and yep, Occupy Wall Street, we think you’ll enjoy this three-minute video. nwk tumblr feels smarter already. Great job, Christopher!
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“Hold Me” video premiere on Pitchfork! directed by Pomp and Clout
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More Freakonomics: With the Oct 1 Theatrical release comingup, the Movie People posted a free clip of the Movie we made! I mean, specifically our part.
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To Rent on iTunes, or to wait until Oct 1 for Theaters? Freakonomics is out today. →
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Here’s the trailer for FREAKONOMICS, which will be available for your viewing pleasure in ONE WEEK (see below). As previously mentioned — this is the first big movie project I’ve been involved in. The film is comprised of four short chapters each by a different (outstanding) doc director, plus little interstitials by another (superlative) director to tie it all together.
I collaborated with director Eugene Jarecki on “It’s Not Always A Wonderful Life” (an adaptation of Chapter Four of the book) throughout the process, a process which from our first idea conversations to amazing & huge team pushing to the finish line lasted over two years. The approach had two cornerstones, first to draw an ironic connection to the timeless Capra film, and second to use animation and motion design to illustrate Levitt’s theories and more importantly - his approach to the world, his perspective. Thanks to Matt Foglia and Brian Oakes for a great many months working on this with me! My continuing feeling is that while sometimes I come down closer to the side of Levitt’s critics, I continue to be wowed by his way of looking at the world. His perspective is fresh and valuable regardless of whether all the shocking claims he make hold up in the long run, and I hope that is where the film excels.
Magnolia, the distributor, is “FLIPPING THE WINDOW” by releasing the film on iTunes & on demand F1RST. iTunes is in ONE WEEK on September 3rd, and then it opens in these theaters, including my childhood art house haven the Kendall (in Cambridge), on October 1st!
As mentioned in previous posts… other new work coming soon! Or, I hope soon, so I can stop living in this cave.
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Working on a video. Have just discovered it was greatly, sub-consciously inspired by this one. …Yes!
(ps. no, i didn’t go shoot a country road to cover up cuts)
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Call For Teacher Stories!
Are you a school teacher? Know one you can forward this to?
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Dear Teachers,
We’re a young, scrappy team making a little movie about teaching. And we’re getting in touch to see if you, teachers, might add your story to our work.
What kind of story? Stories like that big time success that deep down you’ve been burning to brag about. Or, just as importantly, a failure - big or small - that you’ve had a chance to get your head around a little and understand what might prevent it in the future. Or finally, unexpected ways you learned how to be a better teacher.
Who? Young, old, charter, public - heck, even private - we want you! We want to capture your voice, your stories about teaching, as long as you feel you have something to say.
We’re planning a shoot for Monday (the 9th) to capture as many of these stories as we can. Are you interested and available? If you have a story in mind - tell the 30 second version toTeacherTeacherShort@gmail.com. Oh - and please include your phone number so we can get in touch!
Thanks,
Joe & The “Teacher, Teacher” Team -
beautiful! i love the synchronicity of such a simple shared idea. and the synesthesia of words to timbres to images.
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“The last time I checked, Lady Gaga is doing fine with just a year of college.” - Mayor Bloomberg
Great posts up on GothamSchools about the recently released statewide test scores. It’s got to be a tough week for education reformers that had been hoping gains were anything but a steadily lowering bar of proficiency, but not tough enough to justify a remark like the above. But of course, such is the life of somebody recorded at almost every moment I suppose. Glad that expectations are back on the rise, regardless of jumbled words and messages at the city level.
