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Catnip: Egress to Oblivion? (2012)

September 1, 2013

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Catnip is all the rage with today’s modern feline, but do we really understand it? Is it a source for harmless kicks, or a potentially crippling addiction? Is it a tool to expand one’s consciousness, or a downward spiraling path that can eventually lead to insanity? Once and for all the facts about this controversial […]

Path (1992) (NSFW autopsy footage)

May 2, 2013

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The film gives a precise and clinical look behind the iron doors of a pathology lab. The pictures are shocking. They touch deep-set fears. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105110/

Willowbrook: the Last Great Disgrace (1972)

April 18, 2013

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Focusing on an institution located in Staten Island, NY, this film, with reporter, Geraldo Rivera, was one of the first exposés on local television. As a result of its airing on WABC-TV, the manner of treating people with disabilities was forever changed. As the producers were putting the documentary together, they located a piece of […]

A Is For Autism (1992)

April 18, 2013

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Ever wondered what living with autism might be like? This multi-award-winning ”animated documentary” short is based on a collaboration between autistic contributors and director Tim Webb. It details the experiences of autistic people not only in their own words, but also in their own pictures, and two autistic performers specially recorded the soundtrack too. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0205719/

Tijelo (The Body) (1968)

April 18, 2013

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Author portrays body in empirical and brutal way as a shell of human spirit and being. A shell that makes temporariness of life palpable and visible. This documentary is turning point in author’s poetic and it leads him to a way of modern shaped naturalism with some elements of grotesque. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0334513/