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Film: The Land of the Sun
by JOHN ADAMS •
Land of the Sun – NOWNESS from NOWNESS on Vimeo. Niklas Goldbach’s film explores California City – the third largest City in the state of California. One of the world’s biggest failed urban planning projects, in 1965 it was thought that it would grow to rival Los Angeles. 50 years later, it is mainly a…
Film, Weather
Film: When a Town Runs Dry
by JOHN ADAMS •
Stratford, California, is located in the Central Valley—where years of drought threaten the livelihood of the community. Lack of water in the region has severely decreased crop yields for farmers, meaning fewer jobs in rural communities. In this short documentary by Joris Debeij and Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee, Stratford residents mull over what the decrease in food…
Film
Film: How Does an Editor Think and Feel?
by JOHN ADAMS •
Film, Restaurant
Spinning Plates
by JOHN ADAMS •
Spinning Plates is a 2012 documentary, well worth seeing, about three very different restaurants. (The tagline is “It’s not what you cook. It’s why.”) It’s now available online via Netflix. The hour-and-a-half film shows the ambition and intensity, but also the financial, emotional, and even health concerns as the restaurateurs grown their establishments.
Film, Technology
Film: Before Apple
by JOHN ADAMS •
Film
Film: Cooperation Among Firefighters Along the Rio Grande
by JOHN ADAMS •
In Texas, Mexican firefighters are saving the Rio Grande. Known as Los Diablos, or “the devils,” the elite firefighting crew is hired by the National Park Service to fight wildfires and conduct controlled burns along the border. The river provides water to more than 5 million people in the U.S. and Mexico, and sustaining its…