Some of these have probably been posted already but....
Bill Daniels - Who is Bozo Texino
Who is Bozo Texino? chronicles the search for the source of a ubiquitous and mythic rail graffiti-- a simple sketch of a character with an infinity-shaped hat and the scrawled moniker, "Bozo Texino"-- a drawing seen on railcars for over 80 years. Daniel's gritty black and white film uncovers a secret society and it's underground universe of hobo and railworker graffiti, and includes interviews with legendary boxcar artists, Coaltrain, Herby, Colossus of Roads, and The Rambler. Shooting over a 16-year period, Daniel rode freights across the West carrying a Super-8 sound camera and a 16mm Bolex. During his quest he discovered the roots of a folkloric tradition that has gone mostly unnoticed for a century. Taking inspiration from Beat artists Robert Frank and Jack Kerouac, the film functions as both a sub-cultural documentary and a stylized fable on wanderlust and outsider identity.
I suggest checking out the accompanying book as well...
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Trudell
"He is extremely eloquent... and therefore extremely dangerous" - FBI
MilkGrenades and I actually had the opportunity to hang out and converse with John Trudell... Mind opening to say the least.
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The Vice Guide to Travel
The VICE GUIDE TO TRAVEL is the first installment in VICE magazine’s new DVD series. The series will feature short documentaries arranged around a different theme.
For this edition we went to the kinds of places that nobody else wants to visit. We traveled to the corners of the world where news is happening, the forgotten locales where strange people and stories lie and where history is being made every day. This is the VICE idea of a vacation.
Spec on the DVD:
- Places visited: Chernobyl, Pakistan, Paraguay, Rio, Beirut, Congo, Bulgaria
-Bonus Footage that includes New Year's Eve in Kabul and David Cross and Gavin McInnes in China
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The Weather Underground
They were America's most notorious public outlaws, a little-known radical group who parlayed antiwar sentiments into a sophisticated campaign aimed at disrupting the U.S. government. The Weathermen terrorized Chicago for two days in 1969 before going underground through the 1970s, even attempting to bomb the U.S. Capitol, yet eluded one of history's largest FBI manhunts. Former members speak candidly about their idealistic passion.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay4cgdq6g-o