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Third Season Shows:
each show runs 27:30 unless otherwise noted. |
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 New Year |
The New Year is followed from East to West as it travels around the globe. Members of Termite TV Collective, dispersed by the season, document their environments, capturing the spirit of the New Year in different time zones. Groggy lovers wake up analyzing their essence, while the sun sets on a Bavarian sledding party. Watching the years come and go in Germany, India, Hawai'i, New York, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., and San Francisco presents a contemplative portrait of this deceptively ordinary day. |
 Native Alien dorothea braemer anula shetty Coordinating Producers |
As borders shift and countries collapse, immigrants travel the globe in search of old roots and new homes. Eight media artists of various ethnic backgrounds and nationalities explore what it mean to be native, (resident) alien, an immigrant, or simply a citizen of the world. How does the new Anti-Immigration Bill affect the life of an Indian woman? Why was it better for some people to be born in former East Germany rather than West Germany? What are the thoughts of a Carribian immigrant when he first set foot on North America? How does one learn to be American, anyway? A group of children from South Kensington offer some surprising insights. You don't have to be an alien from another planet to want to watch this show on TV. |
 Triangle dorothea braemer anula shetty mike kuetemeyer Coordinating Producers |
A persistent geometric form, a variant of binarism, a compelling configuration of the human mindscape. What is the origin of the Pink Triangle? the Bermuda Triangle? the Love Triangle? On a triangular intersection, MAB paints workers on strike, cook beans and prepare for a revolution. A professor of physics explains why we need a three party system while three elderly women dance, sing and flirt at Philadelphia's Triangle Tavern. The red triangle = population control in India, the green triangle = recycling in the United States, the black triangle = feminist in Nazi Germany. How many triangles are you made of? |
 Urban Living mike kuetemeyer carl lee Coordinating Producers |
The problems, potential, and poetry of life in the city. Urban spaces reveal multiple meanings. For skateboarders and late-night rollerbladers the alleys and asphalt are a playground. For the homeless man the streets are home. For the thousands who watch the demolition of the Sears building, the city's a spectacle. Abandoned lots speak of the passage of time and lost luxury. Take the survey of random questions that cross one alienated city dweller's mind, or ride the other elevated train, the one that doesn't take you to work. Ah, to be urban and alive! |
 Crime and Punishment 1 dorothea braemer carl lee Coordinating Producers |
This show examines the issues of transgression and retribution, guilt and innocence, and wonders how clearly drawn are the lines that divide them. Is the judge known as the "King of Death Row" getting away with murder? What exactly do we celebrate every November on Thanksgiving - the beginnings of a nation or the death of a people? Surveillance cameras, graffiti, the news media, and politicians are just some of the elements in a culture obsessed with the murky notion of crime. |
 Tele/Kinetics mike kuetemeyer anula shetty Francesca Soans Coordinating Producers |
The daily cycle of tides and the waves that roll onto the shore are linked to the invisible pull of the moon. They say immigrants come in waves too. But what is the force that draws people from one country to another... or repels them...or keeps them in? Drawing on personal experience, three filmmakers reflect on the geography, politics, and psychology of borders. |
 Crime and Punishment 2 dorothea braemer carl lee Coordinating Producers |
The second installment of critical looks at notions of justice and transgression. The shooting of polar bears, a voyeuristic jumping man, and Galileo's act of positing a heliocentric universe are some of the more unusual instances of crime and punishment we examine here. How do we punish our dogs, how do we punish ourselves? The show concludes with a look at the efforts of the Kensington Welfare Rights Union in their protest of the crime taking place against the working poor as a result of "welfare reform." |
 Virgin Visions by dorothea braemer & Terri Cafaro |
Questions of faith, proof, and town management are raised in this video about apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Marlboro, NJ. The filmmakers' attempt to document this religious occurrence is juxtaposed with the desire of many believers to produce photographic evidence of the apparition. While thousands gather to catch a glimpse of Christian divinity, the small, primarily Jewish town of Marlboro must cope with the monthly influx of people. |
 Schuylkill River dorothea braemer carl lee Coordinating Producers |
A multi-faceted document of Philadelphia's Schuylkill River and the spaces and ideas that converge in its flow. The Schuylkill River is a place where gay lovers meet, where people mourn the loss of their youth, where Canadian geese bathe and catfish get caught. There is Undine, the water nymph, still alive after centuries of inspiring poets' fantasies and stirring up an array of feelings. There is Grays Ferry and Kelly Drive, and the tormented history of the Kelly family. There are hidden poisons and secret fish....This show is as unpredictable as the Schuylkill, a Dutch name for "the water canal that is hiding." |
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