Reinvention Stories

The latest interactive film from Zeega + AIRmedia + WYSO explores one Ohio city, Dayton. It’s definitely worth spending the time to dive into this experience. -Emily

h/t Claire O’Neill

This tiny little film has no narration, no voice over and minimal context. But what is does do is leave you with a feeling.

AMAR - Winner of the Documentary Vimeo Awards 2012, Winner of the London Indian Film Festival Satyajit Ray Foundation International Short Film Competition 2011, Winner of the People’s Choice Award at Jeevika: Asia Livelihood Documentary Festival 2011, also screened at KUKI festival, Berlin 2011 and Clermont-Ferrand 2012

Read this Telegraph article to learn more about the film’s director and protagonist.

A Morning Walk With Sauti Sol: The Afro-fusion quartet from Nairobi greets the morning birds and joggers on the Pfluger Pedestrian Bridge in Austin, Texas, with a version of its recent single “Love or Leave.” WATCH THE VIDEO!

(Taken with Instagram by Mito Habe-Evans/NPR)

An intense and personal story about the life of an Iraq vet dealing with PTSD. A big congrats to Craig Walker, POYi’s newspaper photographer of the year, and the rest of the multimedia staff at The Denver Post.  

- Becky 

vimeo:

THE FLOOD by Juicy Studios

After flooding the ice in Rossland for 40 years, a beloved 1972 Ford 3000 tractor is being retired. This is his story.

A really fun video with beautiful cinematography.

David Wax Museum: Folk Among The Ruins: The band climbed through broken window frames to perform amid dilapidated ruins in Newport, R.I.

Mito was there and made this awesome video with help from our buddies at NPR Music. It’s all part of a new video series called “Field Recordings.”

- Becky