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The following films and shorts broadcast on CH 101 REEL LIFE:
A one-minute surreal documentary about a trip to the Moon that never happened. Or did it?
A 2011 independent political documentary by Brian D. Hill.
Part one of a documentary on the UK's 2010s DIY Misrule underground film scene.
A teaser for a documentary in production about the Hmong experience in St. Paul from the mid seventies to now.
A short documentary about the demoscene, the noncommercial computer art subculture of demo groups, history and parties.
Kirby Ferguson's remix essay, part three: how creativity works by copying, transforming and combining.
Kirby Ferguson's remix essay, part four: System Failure, on how copyright and patent laws collide with creativity.
A short St. Paul documentary on the controversial police shooting death of Fong Lee, with police footage.
A short documentary on how immigration and gardening connect on St. Paul's East Side.
A documentary portrait of Minnesota jazz musician Irv Williams, a 2012 Hometown Media Award winner for best independent documentary.
A diary of the June 2013 Gezi Park revolt in Istanbul, with English subtitles, focused on the mostly peaceful gathering.
A short documentary on the 2010 Toronto Pride Parade, from the color and joy of the parade to heated arguments in the street.
A mini-documentary about life and evolution, a short meditation on how everything keeps changing.
A short documentary about four young people in Latvia with psychiatric illnesses working to find their place in society, with success and setbacks.
A tape of a performance night at the club BAKTUN, with projections playing over the crowd. The uploader says a good time was had by all.
A Christian documentary opening with a gospel choir song about the order of the heavens and the earth.
A documentary from a 2009 youth intern program about teen choices around sexuality. Made by teens, for teens.
Treetrunk Records closes its 400th and final netrelease with a documentary on the netlabel's history, plus five prints. A fond farewell.
A 2009 interview with Bre Pettis of NYC Resistor and Makerbot, from the Two Hands Project hackerspace documentary.
A documentary short about women, made by teens in the 2008 SPNN Youth Intern Program in St. Paul.
Teen interns at St. Paul's community TV station tell what it's like to inherit the world, in a 2008 documentary short. The title says it.
A Dutch village portrait for 2011, set to Tom Waits, Nina Simone and Erik Satie. Slow, local, and musical.
A documentary about queer, young Southerners, their music and the pushback they meet. Whistlin' Dixie puts faces on it.
A History Channel documentary on fossils and how they may have inspired mythical creatures.
A 2020 wildlife documentary on the early years of Rainham Marshes, Essex, before it became a national nature reserve run by the RSPB.
A short community video titled Block Party Tuesday, shot around 2013.
Chris Smith's 2009 documentary profiles author Michael Ruppert and his bleak theories about oil and civilization's collapse.
A hiker's on-foot crossing of the Darién Gap from Colombia to Panama, one of the toughest, most dangerous stretches of jungle on Earth.
A Greek documentary on the country's debt crisis, made with viewer support. Subtitled in multiple languages and openly opinionated.
A documentary tracing almost three decades of the band Sift, from Boston to Greensboro, crossing genres and lineups along the way.
A planetarium-style dinosaur documentary made in Spain, built for a dome and a big sense of scale.
National Geographic's series on extreme survival, with CGI and reenactments showing what happens inside the body when the stakes are life and death.
Farya Faraji thanks his viewers for 100,000 subscribers in a special message.
A 20K subscriber celebration with epic Belgian music, billed as emotional enough to make you cry.
Farya Faraji marks 300K subscribers and announces a Patreon.
A 56,290 subscriber celebration that mashes Modern Warfare 2 gameplay with Nicolae Ceausescu.
Farya Faraji compares bardcore and neo-medieval music with the real thing.
Boulgaroktonos, an epic Byzantine music piece named for the Bulgar-Slayer.
Farya Faraji and world musicians perform Brightest and Best, an American Christmas carol, with Michael Burnyeat.
Farya Faraji and world musicians sing a French Christmas chant, Entre le Boeuf et l'Ane Gris.
A four-minute sensory short of greens in the wild: moss, leaves, lily pads and dandelion seeds. Breathe out.
A short by Kevin New and Austin LoCicero with a title that sounds like a sunny afternoon and a curious brain.
Sicily's long history in one hundred seconds. A very quick trip through centuries.
A short meditation film from Dustine Studios, in pink. Calm, ambient and made for slowing down.
A short meditation film from Dustine Studios, in purple. Calm, ambient and made for slowing down.
Farya Faraji and world musicians perform Qadish Moryo, an Aramaic Christmas chant.
Relaxing ancient Greek music, Volume II, performed by Farya Faraji and world musicians. Lyre-ish, calm, and timeless.
Farya Faraji and world musicians perform Staffan Var en Stalledrang, a Swedish Christmas carol.
Musician Farya Faraji performs reconstructions of ancient Greek melodies, built from surviving fragments and the theory of Aristoxenus.
A short by Australian filmmaker E.C. Lewin, from 2024.
A short film finding patterns in nature and machines, from schools of fish to rows of solar panels.
A discussion of Waltz with Bashir, the animated documentary about memory and war, with filmmaker Orly Yadin.