Taxi Driver Stories

Interviews taking a look at New Your City of the 1970's through the eyes and experiences of actual taxi drivers of the era

2007-08-14 | en

Owned

OWNED presents the 50 year history of the law-spurning tech tradition of hacking. This vibrant movement gained momentum in the 1960s with Captain Crunch and phone phreaking and now includes annual DefCon hacker conventions in Las Vegas (an amusing highlight of these is the fun game "Spot the Fed"). Kevin Mittnick, dubbed by the New York Times "FBI's Most Wanted Cybercriminal" speaks for the first time about the crimes that lead to his conviction. Misanthropic hacker Fuqrag casually wreaks havoc on government websites from a claustrophobic trailer in an anonymous trailer park.

2002-01-01 | en

The First Code

This story is a journey through time, starting from the 1950s with the creation of the first computer by Ukrainian engineers, and continuing until the present day when the IT sector has become not only a powerful industry but also an important front in the war against Russia.

2023-11-16 | uk

Mad Genius

A young mad genius attempts to 'hack the human mind' in order to fix humanity.

2017-08-25 | en

Assassination Nation

After an anonymous hacker begins leaking the private data of thousands living in a small American town, the townspeople spiral into madness, with four high school seniors at the center of the maelstrom.

2018-09-21 | en

Heat

A Chief Financial Officer for a large bank is hacked and has the secret pass-phrases to his personal cryptocurrency wallet compromised that holds $25 Million of his own money in it, which he needs for his daughter's heart transplant surgery. With intent on going after the bigger prize -- the bank he works for -- the hackers offer his personal money back in exchange for the password to the account containing $1 Billion of the bank's money.

2022-07-12 | en

.hack//Legend of the Twilight: Let's Meet Offline

It's a short story about the characters from .hack// Legend of the Twilight meeting offline. It's more to hear than to see. It shows only backgrounds from the real world with the heads of the charater-game-avatars; but it reveals some interesting real life information about the characters. Sound Drama from .hack//Legend of the Twilight Bracelet, can be found on Disk 1 of the .hack Integration + Liminality Vol. 1-4 DVD box set.

2003-10-24 | ja

Comms

A business Zoom meeting is disrupted by an unexpected participant.

2022-12-03 | en

Madame

The documentary tells the story of Camille Cabral, Northeastern woman, transsexual, first Brazilian elected in France.

2019-11-08 | pt

Porque Era Ela

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White Noise

A reflection on the fate of humanity in the Anthropocene epoch, White Noise is a roller-coaster of a film, a whirlwind of sounds and images. The fourth feature-length work by Simon Beaulieu, this film essay plunges viewers into a subjective sensory adventure—a direct physical encounter with the information overload of daily life. White Noise transforms the imminent collapse of our civilization into a visceral aesthetic experience.

2019-11-16 | fr

Walking Back to Happiness

A filmmaker embarks on a search for his real family name. The name his family has been passing on from father to son is not the right one. In the meanwhile he discovers many family secrets and feuds. An honest, humorous and universal story about fatherhood and family secrets.

2010-03-01 | nl

A Song of Africa

An impressively done new documentary taking a look back at the making of this picture. Interviews with everyone from director Pollack to composer John Barry take us through the memories of the making of the picture. In between interview segments are looks and thoughts on and at the history of the story and Africa itself. Especially entertaining is when Streep and Pollack talk about working with the animals.

2000-02-29 | en

Heroes of Horror

A&E Comprehensive biographies of five of the greatest classic stars of the horror genre. Features lots or archive footage from some the greatest horror films committed to celluloid.

2001-01-01 | en

The Blizzard of AAHHH's

Greg Stump's rockumentary-style ski film inspired a whole new generation of skiers when it was first released in 1988. Taking a look at the heroes of the ski world -- both known and unknown -- Blizzard of Ahhhs features some of the best ski action ever filmed.

1988-01-01 | en

Buried in the Rock

Every corner of the world has now been mapped, from the remotest deserts to the highest mountains. Yet beneath the earth’s surface, accessible only through crevices, lies a largely unknown world.

2023-11-20 | en

Natalie’s Trifecta

South African artist Natalie Paneng’s biography describes her as “residing in Johannesburg and the cyber village called the internet.” The physical and digital are on an equal footing in Paneng’s utopian art, in which she uses various media to explore how our online personas relate to reality.

2023-11-20 | en

(this conversation is) Off the Record

2023-11-20 | en

Traversing the Mist

Step into the body of a young Taiwanese man to roam the steamy rooms and red-lit corridors of a surreal gay sauna—with thin mattresses, shared showers and lockers holding secrets.

2023-11-20 | en

Krishna’s Dancer

A documentary with Kasturi Mishra, dancer

2006-01-28 | en