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Posts Tagged — documentary

Modern Day Artisans

February 8, 2012

There is a great feature with Ricky Feather on Hypebeast new series called “Modern Day Artisans” about Feather Cycles and his life as a bike builder. Check it out!

American Juggalo

American Juggalo

September 27, 2011

I seriously contemplated about wether or not to post this on here for about 10 minutes, then said fuck it! Here you go, 22 minutes of Juggalo fandom. The only thing I know about Juggalos is that they’re normally clowned upon (seriously, no pun intended), so I was up for checking out this new documentary [...]

Cafe Cowboy

Cafe Cowboy

May 16, 2011

Check out a great short documentary by Benedict Campbell on Dustin Kott, a custom motorcycle builder.

Cry Baby

March 18, 2011

If you’re a guitarist/musician or just a music fan, than this is for you. Lot’s of notable people discussing the famous wah-wah pedal in a well put together documentary. From Joey Tosi’s Vimeo page: Cry Baby: The Pedal That Rocks The World tells the story of the wah wah effect pedal, from its invention in [...]

The History of Oakley

The History of Oakley

January 20, 2011

This past year, I got the chance to go down to the Oakley headquarters in California to check out the re-issue of the infamous B-1B grip that Oakley was working on. While I was down there, I took the opportunity to put together a video giving a little history and background to the brand. Oakley [...]

Local Anti-Hero

Local Anti-Hero

January 12, 2011

James Newrick sent over a link to this great documentary his friend Richard Smith put together. The short documentary is about Newcastle/Gateshead’s Dave Young. ”Dave was a big name within BMX in the 80’s, he competed against the likes of Matt Hoffman and also rode for S&M. In this he talks about the changing industry within BMX. [...]

Jay-Z on OWN

Jay-Z on OWN

January 5, 2011

Came across this profile about Jay-Z on Hypebeast yesterday. With the new year, brings Oprah’s new network OWN. One of the series they will be producing for the network is titled ‘Oprah Presents: Master Class‘ and it will be profiling some of the most influential people in the world. Kicking the series off is a [...]

Shanghai 5

December 15, 2010

Shanghai 5 is a documentary by Charles Lanceplaine about skating in the Chinese city. Anyone who’s been to metropolitan China or has seen recent videos of the country knows that many of the spots there are absolutely phenomenal, and there is still tons of untouched potential everywhere. This rad documentary does a great job of showing [...]

Influencers

Influencers

November 4, 2010

Influencers is a short documentary that explores what it means to be an influencer and how trends and creativity become contagious today in music, fashion and entertainment. The project was put together by Paul Rojanathara and Davis Johnson from R+I Creative and they have a great website to go along with the film. There will [...]

Making the Shining

Making the Shining

August 23, 2010

When Stanley Kubrick filmed his seminal The Shining, he allowed his then 17 year-old daughter Vivian Kubrick to shoot a documentary on the making of the film. What resulted is an incredibly casual but revealing insight into Kubrick’s process and even Jack Nicholson’s tooth-brushing technique. Really love this documentary. Check it out after the jump!

BBC – Madness in the Fast Lane

August 16, 2010

This is by far one of the most bizarre, intriguing, and haunting documentaries I’ve ever seen. The story is as insane as the real-life footage the BBC captured. You will have to sign in to Youtube to watch it because of age restrictions. If the link above doesn’t work, click here.

Lil Wayne – The Carter

August 15, 2010

Lil wayne – The Carter from Purple Planes on Vimeo. Stumbled across this documentary on Vimeo the other day. Heard lots about it but it’s cool to finally give it a watch. A dope fly-on-the-wall look into the life of the prolific, polarizing, and currently incarcerated Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr.

John Taylor Profile

John Taylor Profile

June 8, 2010

Check out this mini-documentary on UK legend John Taylor. John talks about how he got into riding, his first trip to the US, Hoffman’s big air and more. Make sure you stick around till the end to see a bunch of John’s old magazine photos. There’s some classics in there. *EDIT – the video is [...]

Richard Avedon: Darkness and Light

Richard Avedon: Darkness and Light

April 4, 2010

I was quickly swallowed into this nine part documentary about the amazing Richard Avedon. If you have some time to kill and are looking for an extremely inspiring way to kick off your week, have at it… Even if you don’t have a bunch of free time, watch one part for the next nine days, [...]

I Love My Bicycle

I Love My Bicycle

November 20, 2009

I Love My Bicycle, the documentary about FBM Bike Company is being released on DVD on December 10th. You can get all the info at ilovemybicyclemovie.com and check out the trailer after the jump.

Soulwax Documentary

Soulwax Documentary

October 15, 2008

Andrew posted on this Soulwax documentary a while back and I just stumbled across a link to the full film. I hope this is a legit link and I’m not screwing anyone over! I’m watching it right now and It’s pretty interesting. There is a lot of talk in the beginning about who Soulwax is [...]