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Dad-of-six charms the internet with meal tips

Aboriginal man Nathan Lyons has found unexpected fame with videos inspired by “doing it tough”. Watch: Dad-of-six charms the internet with meal tips

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Stories In Place

Seven Black filmmakers capture perspectives from behind the counters of their favorite neighborhood spots. Watch the entire series at vimeo.com/storiesinplace In the shadow of a global pandemic, economic collapse, and ongoing racial injustice, these films show the spectrum of experiences … Continue reading

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“Wind” Full SparkShort | Pixar

Pixar Animation Studios and the SparkShorts filmmakers of WIND are in solidarity with the Asian and Asian American communities against Anti-Asian hate in all its forms. We are proud of the onscreen representation in this short and have decided to … Continue reading

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Sitting by the fire with a nomadic tribe, a physicist ponders the many shapes of wisdom | Aeon

The Italian theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli is a pioneer in the field of quantum gravity, and often thought of as one of the world’s foremost scientific thinkers. In this brief animation by James Siewert, which features narration from the Swazi-English … Continue reading

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Identity Behind Secret Message Written on ‘The Scream’ Discovered | My Modern Met

Close up of “The Scream” with barely visible graffiti. (Photo: Borre Hostland/The National Museum)   After over a century, the mystery is solved.   Etched into the paint of one of the most famous paintings in the world, a haunting … Continue reading

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‘Motherhood’

DIRECTOR – Anna Fearon PRODUCER – Abiola Rufai-Awójídé EXECUTIVE PRODUCER – Simon Oxley NUWAVE EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS – Dershe Samaria & Patrice Etienne COMMISSIONER – Shaminder Nahal DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHER – Nathalie Pitters 1ST AC – Catharina Scarpellini 2ND AC – … Continue reading

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Musca – A Short Film

Official Selection Cornwall Film Festival 2014 Official Selection Landshut Film Festival 2015 Official Selection Shooting People Film of the Month 2015 Official Selection Plymouth Film Festival 2015 – Nominee for Best Fiction Official Selection International Fantastic Film Festival of Reunion … Continue reading

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Dust Devil

A dream built on a whim in the middle of nowhere: how the New York ballerina Marta Becket made a theatre in the Mojave Desert Director: Poppy Walker (poppywalker.com/) More on this film: psyche.co/films/why-a-broadway-dancer-started-her-own-theatre-in-the-mojave-desert

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Serenaded by Australian Magpies

The Magpie Whisperer has great respect and empathy towards #australianmagpies​. She’s been intimately observing the behaviour of these wild birds up close and personal for 10-years, whilst being lucky enough to form unlikely bonds with many of these #magpies​. Over … Continue reading

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600 years of Chinese bloodline in Kenya

According to legends,a team of Chinese sailors survived a shipwreck in the Indian Ocean waters and settled in Lamu Island. Historians contend the sailors were part of a fleet sent by the legendary Chinese navigator Zheng He. Six centuries later, … Continue reading

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