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A.V.A.T.A.R.
 (Anglos 
Valiantly 
Aiding 
Tragic 
Awe-inspiring
 Races)

By jonathan | Published: April 25, 2013

A.V.A.T.A.R. is biting remixed critique of Hollywood’s repeated use of the Might Whitey trope in which white heroes save oppressed and exotified people of color. Craig Saddlemire also created a highly critical mashup of Zack Snyder’s blockbuster film 300 which we have posted about before. He writes: A.V.A.T.A.R.
 (Anglos 
Valiantly 
Aiding 
Tragic 
Awe-inspiring
 Races) is 
a 
fast‐paced 
media 
mashup 
that 
highlights [...]

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Primetime Terror – TV Dramas and the War on Terror

By jonathan | Published: October 1, 2011

Remix maker Joe Sabia has teamed up with the Norman Lear Center and the ACLU to illustrate their “Prime Time Terror” study in fair use video mashup form. You might remember Joe from his Rent is Too Damn High + Up remix posted last year. This new remix dynamically highlights the study’s findings by borrowing [...]

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Shepard Smith vs. Jack Nicholson on Torture

By jonathan | Published: March 29, 2011

Fox News Studio B host Shepard Smith has had more than his fair share of on-air outbursts over the years; some have been admirable while others have been borderline abusive. Shep is again a hot topic in the blogosphere this month for a discussion with Juan Williams where he refuses to take the Fox News [...]

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The French Democracy – Machinima

By elisa | Published: February 23, 2011

In 2005, a series of protests and “riots” erupted outside Paris in response to the electrocution of two North African boys during a police chase. Upset by how the mass media portrayed the incident, a 27 year old gamer named Alex Chan created a short video about the event from the prospective of immigrant youth [...]

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WikiLeaks Remix

By elisa | Published: November 5, 2010

This WikiLeaks remix uses gaming scenes from “Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare” and footage from mounted military aircraft cameras during the Gulf and Iraq wars to make a persuasive argument about the way in which war has been sold to our generation as an interactive game with little consequence. The soundtrack is an equal [...]

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The Red Stripe

By elisa | Published: August 28, 2009

This remix by freeyourpixels is a short yet eloquent critique of the US Marines “Red Stripe” online ad campaign. The remix uses still images and TV commercial clips for source materials and implements additive text and precise match-on-action editing techniques to unite them. The red stripe transitions the viewer from one clip to next and [...]

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Born Free

By jonathan | Published: March 18, 2009

Dictators and authoritarian leaders including Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, Pinochet and Jean-Marie Le Pen lip sync to the 1966 hit song Born Free sung by Matt Monro. Remixed by Swedish filmmaker and musician Johan Söderberg as part of the Read My Lips video series created for ATMO Films between 2001 and 2004.

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The Future Stops Here

By jonathan | Published: March 1, 2009

“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face. Forever.” The above George Orwell quote accompanies this vid by Lila Futuransky which deals with cinematic depictions of oppression and resistance. She weaves together appropriated footage from three sci-fi films set in a near future London; 28 Days Later, [...]

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Life is Like an SUV

By jonathan | Published: February 11, 2009

This remix, by a group calling themselves “Paul Harvey Oswald”, combines a significant amount of appropriated source material. In addition to news segments, sports footage, commercials, television clips, and additional text, this remix relies heavily on the strategic placement of repetitive sound bites.The result is a blunt critique of American consumerism, mass media and car [...]

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Club Iraq

By jonathan | Published: June 17, 2008

A very disturbing remix from the video artist trio Wreck and Salvage. While not all of the collective’s work is political, this one definitely is. Titled “Club Iraq” because it combines rapper 50 Cent’s famous song “In Da Club” with audio of Bush’s invasion speech coupled with home videos taken by US soldiers in Iraq [...]

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