Haiti the Untold Story: Since the Haiti earthquake, much attention has been given to humanitarian relief efforts, however, nobody seems to want to talk about Haiti’s history and how it became the poorest nation in the western hemisphere. Media Edge producer, Michael Stavros tells the Untold Story. Run time 13 minutes 49 seconds Producer Michael […]
Battle for Haiti (pt II)
In 2010 the earthquake hit Haiti. Quarter of a million people died. The world promised to help the Haitians rebuild a new and better country. Yet something happened that day that has left those promises and the future of Haiti hanging in the balance. On January the 12th, the day of the earthquake, the national penitentiary held […]
The Battle for Haiti. (pt I)
In 2010 the earthquake hit Haiti. Quarter of a million people died. The world promised to help the Haitians rebuild a new and better country. Yet something happened that day that has left those promises and the future of Haiti hanging in the balance. On January the 12th, the day of the earthquake, the national penitentiary held […]
The Tragedy of Tupac Shakur.
Black Audio Film’s final video-essay explored the Faustian drama of 26 year old Tupac Shakur, the charismatic hiphop MC and actor whose unsolved murder transformed a brief career into posthumous legend. Through Tupac, George fashions a fascinating and complex meditation on the legacies of revolutionary nationalism, the notion of destructive character and the intensity of […]