Archive for the ‘videos’ Category
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Thursday, November 6th, 2008
Sue Salinger found this video of an Obama-supporting family in California. They're talking about their votes on a moonlit night just after casting their ballots. Erick, a 30-year-old who likes Sade and Pablo Neruda, first films his giddy mom and slightly embarrassed teenaged brother (a first-time voter). Then he turns ...
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Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Twenty-six-year-old Shantell Yvonne Kight, a "mama for Obama," filmed 45-year-old Mr. Caldwell, an early and first-time voter, outside the Regency Square Public Library in Jacksonville, Florida. He says he was blessed to vote and make a piece of history. Shantell made the video for a cool4pro project called Video the ...
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Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Sarolta Cump found this video made by tech-geek artist Evan Roth. Evan lives in Hong Kong and delights in violating copyright and vandalism laws. This video does neither -- it's simply some USB-powered flag waving for voting day.
[fi5e / Vimeo]
Something about this seems a bit tongue-in-cheek. Is the "made in ...
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Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Seriously, all the cool kids are doing it. Nineteen-year-old TheMuffinShow says so. Vote. (Hat tip to Sue Salinger.)
I'm going. Right now.
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Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Unconvinced by the chihuahua? Singer and rapper dilliot2k in Atlanta will motivate you to get yourself to the polls. (Thanks, Sue Salinger.)
Get up and vote.
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Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
If you're feeling apathetic or just lazy about casting a ballot, Girlfriend the Chihuahua has a message for you. Courtesy of chuxyux. (Hat tip to Sarolta Cump.)
Girlfriend has teeth. So hop to it.
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Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Obama's grandmother -- Madelyn Dunham -- died yesterday in Hawaii. One day before the election. RedneckCabbie, a 27-year taxicab veteran now living and working in Minneapolis, offers his simple, heartfelt condolences. (Thanks, Sarolta Cump.)
RedneckCabbie says it as well as anyone.
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Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
The blog Alive in Baghdad aims to "empower[...] Iraqi citizen journalists to share their stories with the world." We featured their work previously here. In this video, Iraqis talk about the US election: about who they think is likely to win and and who would make a difference for Iraq. ...
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Monday, November 3rd, 2008
Obama started talking about sweet-potato pie in his stump speeches earlier this month. It started as an anecdote about a Republican diner owner who is unhappy with the state of the country -- and became a way of connecting with his audience. At a rally in West Philadelphia on October ...
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Monday, November 3rd, 2008
[Ann Raber is a BallotVox co-curator.]
Have you guys met Henry? No? Well, allow me the pleasure of introducing you. Henry lives near Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He loves comedy, bowling, Barack Obama, and walleye fishing, but we're thinking he has a future in speech writing.
Henry blogs about fishing, contributes to wikiHow, ...
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Monday, November 3rd, 2008
DSquid1901, or Bryan Boyce, is a San Francisco film and video artist. (Featured before here.) He has a talent for satire. In this citizen ad, he takes on McCain's "maverick" brand and ties it mischievously to "spreading the wealth." (Thanks, Sarolta Cump.)
Great soundtrack.
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Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
Sarolta Cump found this cool4pro video made by Oren Goldenberg for the citizen-journalism site The Uptake. It features a homeless (or formerly homeless?) man in Detroit talking about being turned away at a polling place; and an ACLU rep explaining that homeless Michigan voters are allowed to vote, even if ...
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Saturday, November 1st, 2008
If you believe the tallies at If the World Could Vote?, people outside the US are rooting for Obama. This is not a scientific survey, and the numbers are surely skewed (just look at the figures for America). But it is a noteworthy interactive site put together by three curious ...
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Saturday, November 1st, 2008
Whirlybirdbrand, an "old school dance hall and saloon" in Opelousas, Louisiana -- the "heart of Creole and Cajun country" -- posted this music video. It's an infectious zydeco riff on "Yes We Can." In French. Subtitles included. You might find yourself tapping your feet even if you're voting for McCain.
You ...
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Saturday, November 1st, 2008
Mycloudofdreams calls this video Decision 2008. It shows close-ups of the talking mouths of both candidates, and it's set to ethereal music. The only words you hear are, "I'm ___, and I approve this message." The meaning? Up to you to decide. (Thanks, Sue Salinger.)
[mycloudofdreams / Vimeo.]
Is this about empty ...
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Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
New York hip-hop vlogger Jay Smooth -- a ballotvoxregular featured here and here -- usually has something to say about whatever the rest of us are talking about. Only he's better at it.
This is Jay on the confusion of the economy. He'd like to have "the annoying smart guy" at ...
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Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
Thirty-year-old Jenifer from North Carolina stood in line at her local library a few days ago to vote early for Obama. Here she is in her car just after casting her ballot -- and explaining with visible emotion what that meant to her as a moment of history, an action ...
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Monday, October 20th, 2008
The stock market rose today, but not enough to overpower the forceful message in this video by globetrotting street artist ABOVE. It shows California graffiti of the market taking a nosedive... into the sewer. (Thanks to volunteer curator Roshan Abraham.)
[ABOVE / Vimeo]
One of the big questions for undecided voters, of ...
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Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
Last Friday at a rally near Minnesota, John McCain reversed course somewhat on linking Obama to terrorists. McCain told a supporter that Obama is a "decent person" he shouldn't be "scared" of. In response, the audience booed McCain.
Reigned-in engineer PoliticalOverload -- another ballotvoxregular -- takes on the GOP's use of ...
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Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
Jed Lewison is a ballotvoxregular (featured here and here). More importantly, he lives in Las Vegas, where he writes political thrillers, no doubt informed by his time as a Democratic Senate staffer. He bases this mashup on a July speech, in which Obama predicts that the McCain campaign will portray ...
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