More Than What Meets the Eye
It’s inevitable that if you’re between the ages of 18 and 40, you’ve probably coughed up the twelve dollars to witness the cultural juggernaut of 2010, The Social Network. And for as obsessed as some...
View ArticlePress Pause
Maybe it’s the fact that winter’s icy grip is slowly taking hold of the mainland. Or perhaps it’s the fact that the following short-film is just that good… In either case, today we present one of the...
View ArticleSteve Duncan, Urban Underground
Urban exploration, often times referred to as infiltration by those familiar with the pastime, is the examination of the normally unseen or off-limits parts of an urban area or industrial facility. And...
View ArticleSentenced, But Not Shamed
In a few hours my daughter and I will make the hour and a half drive to a small Kansas town and to a modest, slightly antiquated jail to visit my only son – her only brother. He has been housed at this...
View ArticleHajj.. A Journey of Purity
Filmed by Almuhannad Alkadam over 5 days at Mecca, Hajj.. A Journey of Purity offers viewers a time-lapsed vantage point into the holy pilgrimage made by millions of Muslims each year. As one of the...
View ArticleParanoia
Playing on the fears and expectations that many have faced in a world now preoccupied with terrorism, Paranoia is the animated short film crafted by four students as part of their senior project at...
View ArticleUNKLE’S Animatronic Wonder
Based on the Pointmen character that inhabited the first two UNKLE albums, famed special FX guru John Nolan – whose previous work has included the Harry Potter franchise and Where the Wild Things Are,...
View ArticleCommon Practice | A Short-film by Marcos Efron
Marcos Efron’s short-film Common Practice is an exercise in the conceptual beauty of who and what comprises our neighborhoods. Using a young and gifted main character, a Latin streetblock is brought to...
View ArticleMike Burdon | Infrared
Recently RootSpeak spoke with Mike Burdon, the Englishman behind the brilliant infrared images being generated at Red Circle Photography. RS: There seems to be a great deal of preparation involved with...
View ArticleNiagara falls
01. Here we were and it was winter. We went on the Ferris wheel, me and the baby. It was only $10 to see the entire Niagara Falls, from the point of view of an angel, three times in a row. 02. After we...
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