Reckless Tortuga is a crew of hilariously funny filmmakers, producers and actors who make some of the best anti-racism material online right now. Their videos are a breath of fresh air from the usual racism victim stories, which often fail to leave the viewer with a sense of what the real problem is, and where it stems from.
Through simple story-lines, Reckless Tortuga get their point across, in a funny way that all non-white people can relate to. The language is sometimes harsh and to the point, and that’s precisely what the videos do—they get to the heart of everyday racism in North America and the frustration minorities feel when they encounter these seemingly innocent acts.
Racism in America – Episode One explores racist stereotypes during a job interview, where Eric Pumphrey) plays a Black man heading to a regular ol’ racist company for an interview, when the receptionist asks that all time favourite question of visible minorities, What are you?
Enjoy the video—a great watch during Black History Month, and during any of the longer months of the year.
Hey, my fellow film producers out there. Stop worrying about Bill C-10. It will protect us and our audience against the evils of the Porn Industry. Apparantly, Porn Producers have been milking the government Tax Credit system for years, because the Canadian Porn industry has been under-represented in the media.
This is the only way that Bill C-10 will effect Canadian film productions says Pierre Poilievre during an interview on CBC Radio's The Current. But, a closer look at the current guidelines for film productions applying for the Federal Tax Credit refund shows that porn is already listed as an ineligible genre.
Section 5 in the Tax Credit guidelines Ineligible genres of production plainly lists the types of projects that Heritage Canada will not consider funding.
The following genres of production are not eligible for the tax credit program:
news, current events or public affairs programming, or a programme that includes weather or market reports;
talk show;
production in respect of a game, questionnaire or contest (other than a production directed primarily at minors);
sports event or activity;
gala presentation or an awards show;
production that solicits funds;
reality television;
pornography;
production produced primarily for industrial, corporate or institutional purposes;
production, other than a documentary, all or substantially all of which consists of stock footage; or
production for which public financial support would, in the opinion of the Minister of Canadian Heritage, be contrary to public policy.
At last night's 28th Genie Awards, that highlights exceptional Canadian films, the topic of Bill C-10's censorship was on the lips of many of the attendees. An noticeable absence was Heritage Minister, Josée Verner. If you have an opinion about the Canadian government censoring our home made media, you can join the 25,000 strong in the Facebook group named Keep your censoring hands off of Canadian film and TV! No to Bill C-10!. If you are a supporter of this bill there's a Facebook group named Support Bill C-10, and if you and a friend join, they may finally have found their tenth member.
A sad day, Copyleft guru and founder of Creative Commons, Lawrence Lessig has stepped down from his ten year movement, to focus on US politics. No he's not running, unfortunately, but putting his backing to Barack Obama. He announced this news during iCommons iSummit 07, and his own description and thoughtful reflection on his 10 year commitment, and where he needs to put his focus now, is worth the read on his blog.
Media that Matters has posted a new video that brings awareness to the ever looming presence of copyright infringing on our rights as artists, commentators on culture, but also as keepers of historical facts. This video highlights the key media that influenced and informed the public of the Black Freedom movement in America as expensive copyright is putting historical films on the shelf.
After returning from my exciting klezmer boat trip in the Ukraine, I am up for some serious cross country documentary action. And by serious, I mean two wheels, standing, and 10 mph of segway transportation.
First seen on
core 77,
10 MPH : across the country on a Segway is a documentary film that follows Josh Caldwell and Hunter Weeks as they quit their jobs to go across the very country selling them the American/corporate dream.
Eat my slow moving dust, big business! Deciding that travel on a segway was the way to go, this film has the potential to ask us to look at our fast pace lives, corporate ideals, and SUV driving ways. It should at least be fun, and a way to see if these segway things are worth the purchase.
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