Is the Pandemic a Heyday for Unsung Heroes?

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Is the Pandemic a Heyday for Unsung Heroes?
Is the Pandemic a Heyday for Unsung Heroes?

The film industry is mostly centred on stars. But often it is people like the sound re-recordist portrayed in the documentary «The Sound Man Mangesh Desai» who turn movies into unique audiovisual experiences.

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Being Untrue to Yourself

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Being Untrue to Yourself
Being Untrue to Yourself

Defining one’s authenticity by being inauthentic is a central mode of being queer – and has become a popular aesthetic. In an essay inspired by the film «The Mystery of the Pink Flamingo», our writer asks how the metaphor of the flamingo might offer a route out of a repressi

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Video Traces: From Italy

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Video Traces: From Italy

This playlist is an audiovisual journey through the last 45 years of Italian music. Far from being a systematic overview of Italian heritage, this selection aims to outline a heterogeneous, if not divergent, landscape of sounds and music videos.

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Underdog Music

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Underdog Music
Underdog Music

Other Music was a seminal NYC record store for 20 years. Emilie Friedlander, a frequent shopper there, reflects on the film of the same name and a legacy lost to the algorithm.

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Lisbon Before and After

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Lisbon Before and After
Lisbon Before and After

André Santos finds ambivalence in the tourism and gentrification of his hometown, as depicted through fado music in the film «Silêncio – Vozes de Lisboa».

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A Yearning for Coherence

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A Yearning for Coherence
A Yearning for Coherence

Love songs tend to be seen as unpolitical. Granî however, the energetic Kurdish wedding music, contains significant political meanings. An essay by Martin Stokes on the power of hidden dissent cultures, inspired by George Mürer’s film «Her Bijî Granî».

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Ritual of Masculinity

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Ritual of Masculinity
Ritual of Masculinity

After watching Anna Gawlita’s film «Krzyżoki» (Horse Riders), Agata Pyzik wonders what’s next for contemporary masculinity?

 

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Intersectionality Rules

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Intersectionality Rules
Intersectionality Rules

Watching the film «A Girl’s Band» inspires Luisa Fernanda Uribe to think deeply about feminism and intersectionality in Latin America.

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Ebram the Breeze

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Ebram the Breeze
Ebram the Breeze

Azin Feizabadi gets caught in Ebrahim Monsefi’s spirit breeze conjured by Kamran Heidari’s «documentary» on the Iranian singer/songwriter, «None of Your Business».

 

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The Agency of Sonic Thinking

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The Agency of Sonic Thinking
The Agency of Sonic Thinking

Sound is able to merge supposed contradictions: in the audio walk «Zero, Land der Zukunft» at Dystopie Festival, our writer finds herself entangled both in dystopian and utopian worlds. Here is a short essay on listening as a mode of creating critical agencies.

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Quote: Andrea May
Design: Klaus Janek

Finding Refuge in Rebetiko

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Finding Refuge in Rembetika
Finding Refuge in Rebetiko

Clive Bell muses on the music documentary «Don’t Rush’s» love for Rembetika – Greek urban folk music essentially made by refugees – and on an ongoing humanitarian crisis.

 

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Quote: Clive Bell
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