Tag Archives: race

The Usual Suspects: Black Men in Black Hoodies

By jonathan | Published: May 1, 2013

This TV news supercut style remix was created by the Film/Code/Remix class at the Bay Area Video Coalition in December 2012.  This is what the students have to say about their mashup: In this remix video we are trying to raise awareness about how the local nightly news talks about young black men. These type of vague yet ominous sounding [...]

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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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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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Avatar Equals Pocahontas

By jonathan | Published: March 3, 2010

An internet meme has been building around the blockbuster movie Avatar, starting with the countless reviews and critics pointing out the striking plot similarities to Disney’s 1998 animated feature Pocahontas. By now there are literally dozens of re-cut trailers online making the comparison but beyond just pointing out the parallels, these mashups also demonstrate how [...]

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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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Racial Equality – $29.95

By elisa | Published: February 13, 2009

I created this remix to highlight the commodification of race in the 2009 inauguration. The efforts to commemorate our first black President through the buying and selling of Obama products actually erased a history of radical struggle, turning black identity into another resource appropriated by the mainstream to produce capital. Created solely from television footage [...]

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The Terminator

By jonathan | Published: August 10, 2007

The Black Lantern remixes news footage and Schwarzenegger action films to protest the execution of Stanley ‘Tookie’ Williams who was put to death after final request for clemency by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger were denied. This work is in opposition of the death penalty. ####

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Do You Have A Voice?

By jonathan | Published: August 10, 2007

WCUTV’s Shane Daniels puts together this remix of political footage and Kanye West’s “Jesus Walks”. ####

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George Bush Don’t Like Black People

By jonathan | Published: July 10, 2007

Two simalar video remixes of news footage from the Katrina disaster, both set to a political music remix of a Kanye West song by The Legendary K.O. ####

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Muppets: F@#K The Police

By jonathan | Published: July 4, 2007

A remix of Sesame Street to make it appear as though the muppets are preforming NWA’s famous rap song “Fuck the Police”. The technical quality might be low, but the content and political juxtaposition is pure genius or depending on the who the anonymous creator is it could be a bigoted joke I suppose.

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