humanity
Humanity or geek-manity? Humanity topics include pieces on the real-life lives of geek advocates and influencors.
July 25, YouTube invites you to be part of a historic global documentary
YouTube launches a new global participatory feature film produced by Ridley Scott and directed by Kevin Macdonald. To participate, on July 25th you will have to resume your day and tell what is important to you in this 2020.
By Marco Bonomo6 years ago in Geeks
Unprecedented
UNPRECEDENTED A short film I created in the early stages of the Covid-19 Lockdown in the UK. Thinking about how everyone is being affected by this, thinking of my own story, my friends and family's stories, stories from the different industries the have been hit by this, I realised that while everyone's experiences have been so different, this time that we are all existing in together is one of the most powerfully unifiying factors of the pandemic. Everyone has been affected differnently, but in unity.
By Jamie Buchanan6 years ago in Geeks
My F.R.I.E.N.D.S Story
It all started one day while I was in fifth grade. My mom was re-married and I didn't really know my new dad at the time, (don't worry we are awesome now all these years later) I was sick at home one day and watching whatever was on TV, if you were sick from home back then you know what was locally available. My dad came in and looked at the TV and asked me if I liked what was on I shrugged and told him , "Not really." He went back to my parents' room and came back with a set of VHS tapes and he popped one in. It was Season 1 of FRIENDS, yes people we have LIFT OFF.
By Ashley Wentz6 years ago in Geeks
My First Wednesday in FL
I went to a movie audition for a “Christian” movie, despite my misgivings about acting for people’s imaginary friends. I had set the audition for an hour before I had to to work because the community center I was told it was being held at was 10 minutes from the office where I worked. I arrived at the community center in the email, surveying the park it was in, only to see no film crew, and no one waiting outside as advertised except a portly, balding African American gentleman talking to himself in gym shorts and a blue Carolina Tar Heels hoodie in the distance while he did karate and a hunched over homeless looking man wearing all red with his head cast downward sitting on a park bench near the entrance. Could this be the site of the crips and bloods finally making peace in the Tampa area? I did not want to stick around to find out, but I swallowed my visions of gang shootouts and gatherings of street thugs and chains and went inside the Community Center where I was immediately greeted by the sweat soaked humidity laden air of a fitness center, because that’s how they build community down here, the middle class divorced overweight people come to sweat out their pre-alcoholic aggressions on treadmills and stair masters, instead of their children.
By Brandon Beckham Aylor6 years ago in Geeks
Dangerous Lies - A Netflix Movie Review
Always be careful about what you tell people. You never know what lies will come back to haunt you. Dangerous Lies is a 2020 Netflix film about a young couple under investigation after the death of their wealthy foreman. Having left his estate to his caregivers in his will, Katie investigates further while Adam takes advantage of this new opportunity.
By Marielle Sabbag6 years ago in Geeks
Character Development = Life Development Prt.1
Character Development = Life Development Prt.1 The beautiful imagination of a young girl captured by the made up life of a character is something to enjoy to the fullest, and fear to a certain extent. Growing up a young black girl in Michigan and starting off in a primarily black elementary, then making my way into a primarily white school is a big change, not just for my surroundings, but for my personality, likes, and dislikes as well. The television was my safe place, not really for the various amount of the shows, but for the characters I came across each time I would watch a show, and the beautiful roller-coaster rides when it came down to character development. Their lives were formed in front of my impressionable eyes, and little did I know that my personality, ad life would also be formed from watching them.
By Precious Ann6 years ago in Geeks
Why is Anime so Popular?
Why is Anime so Popular in Japan? The analysis of Anime’s popularity within Japan almost seems to be a disingenuous question, when you consider that Japan itself is the country where the hand drawn and computer animated style originates. A style rich in often lucid escapism, breaking the boundaries of modern and conventional storytelling with fantastical and often philosophical elements, a better question addressed would be - what makes Anime so popular worldwide? The detailed, vivid drawings and cartoons have attracted a western audience for decades with the vibrant color palette, the rich storylines, and the humor and wit that so often accompanies animated features but in a more overarching way. This can be seen in the popular show Cowboy Bebop that aired in the late nineties, with the more somber hues of grays, blacks and blues being used as a backdrop to further accentuate other colors, such as reds and yellows, symbolizing joy or pain. Cowboy Bebop also appeals because of the exaggerated expressions of the characters in times where they find themselves hurt or, indeed, the punchline of some joke which paints the character’s face with the signature tracks of sweat or tears, enlarging their eyes and focus on the screen. The show is indicative of Anime’s wide-spread appeal not just because of its trademarks in the style, but also for its cult status and success, reaching western audiences when it was dubbed in English and given subtitles, like many of the great Studio Ghibli films. The sheer expanse of Anime’s reach throughout the world is surely proof of the passion and fervor that went into cultivating its origins in Japan, and why it is still so much enjoyed today.
By India Childs6 years ago in Geeks
The Most Original Hardest Working Film Studio
Is it easy being original? That is the question all artists are presented with. The answer does not preclude you from pursuing a career in art, but your feeling about that answer does. If you feel it is hard to be original but you don't care and you can push on and be an artist anyway, then the life of art maybe for you. If you feel it is easy being original and impossible to fake who you are and you must pursue art, then you too may be destined for art. But what then about the current state of art, where trends and the popular techniques and topics are rewarded over originality? What become of those of us who still want to make our original art? Will we fade into nothing.
By Mike Fallek6 years ago in Geeks
First Midnight Premiere at 18
If going to the movies was a religion, I already follow it because I love movies. I always know what I want to see and I'm never disappointed, for the most part, I can go see the worst movie possible but if I like the food and being with the audience while I enjoy the atmosphere of the theater, then that's more than enough for me. Sure, I may not remember the movie but I'll remember the experience. This experience, on the other hand, was something special to me for the best reasons.
By Don Anderson II6 years ago in Geeks
