The rise and fall of this one man media virus is attributed to a steady diet of alienation and meaningless that is television. Andre the Giant passed away in 1992. Andre's career as a film and television personality would have quickly faded out of our cultural memory if it were not for the efforts of one man. New Jersey skateboarder and graffiti artist Shepard Fairey, is on a cruisade to reappropriate Andre's image as both a celebration of the gentle giant's life and an attack against the visual clutter and overindulgent images of contemporary culture. What started out as a local one man sticker operation became a nationwide poster campaign.
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Born in 1880 into a loving, relatively wealthy family of cigar manufacturers, Mencken was one of the brightest stars of the journalistic scene, anti-religion, cynical of politics, and an abuser of medical quackery. This film is a compelling tribute to a brilliant contributor to Progressive political thought, as well as an important reminder as to the value of a contrarian press. St. Co-Sponsored by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs. Kelly Crawford's first film revisits her childhood home with the hope of recapturing and revealing the environment of her youth. Eleftheria Lialios' film diary is powerful and emotional examination of the death of the filmmaker's daughter, Elektra, and of Lialios' attempts to come to terms with her loss through her art.