After posting last week about the upcoming "Side By Side" documentary I got some traffic about another great documentary on the future of digital media entitled "PressPausePlay." After screening at SXSW and the Seattle International Film Festival the makers of this extraordinary documentary have taken the extraordinary step of posting it up for world to see, all for free.
One of the great things about this documentary is that while it has a lot to say it also asks some really important questions, questions like 'what truely makes someone and artist?' and 'how can true artists break through the digital cacophony?' What's even better is that while wrestling with some big issues PressPausePlay ultimately maintains a hopeful vision of the future.
Check out the entire documentary after the jump...
Just a quick heads up, this one would be somewhere in the PG neighborhood for some of the lanugage. Otherwise it's a straight-up great documentary.
So where do you stand? As much as I agree that the "industry" as it stood 20 years ago is on it's way out, I still believe publishers, labels, networks and studios have a role to play in our society from a communication and vetting standpoint. They can help us cut through the clutter and they also empower projects that are still beyond the realm of "independant."
(by the way, if you enjoyed PressPausePlay as much as I did head over to Amazon or iTunes and rent or buy it as a way of saying thanks to House of Radon for putting this together)
I'm excited where things are headed, and this entire blog is dedicated to the idea of democratization of filmmaking and storytelling. The filmmakers from House Of Radon, who produced PressPausePlay, are a great example of this. (check out this amazing story of how PressPausePlay was edited collaboratively)
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