Category: Stories Worth Watching

  • American Dignity: a documentary

    American Dignity (2025) TRT 20:00 Documentary — Hanson Hosein director In the shadow of a divisive election, a young organizer seeks wisdom from a civil rights elder—and takes to the streets to rekindle a movement rooted in courage, memory, and the unshakable pursuit of dignity. In the aftermath of the 2024 U.S. presidential election, voting…

  • On the Heights: a music video

    I’ve been pondering the viability of creative work in the face of artificial intelligence’s rapid growth. I’ve made a living from original thinking, often represented in audio and visual media. When so much can be so easily replicated and mimicked by the likes Sora and Stable Diffusion, what is the essence of human creativity that…

  • Awesome video, music: The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories)

    I’ve been a longtime fan of progressive rock impresario Steven Wilson. From Porcupine Tree to his work as a audiophile’s dream producer of Marillion, King Crimson and (soon) XTC, Wilson is serious about what matters to me: thoughtful music, haunted storytelling, audio and multi-platform, multi-channel media. His new solo album, The Raven That Refused to…

  • The first (and last?) social media election: online resources and where to watch on second screen

    After the 2008 election, I hosted a conversation called “The First Digital President.” Barack Obama’s win was partially attributable to his online engagement and fundraising — primarily via a still-novel Facebook platform. But as a German news organization reported today: There are now ten times as many Facebook users and five times as many Twitter…