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Showing videos filed under: Bob Holman
Best of 2010: Philippe Petit, Mountains that Take Wing, Tracie Morris
December 30, 2010Continuing our look back at some of our favorite interviews of 2010, we hope you'll enjoy this very special one. Philippe Petit is probably best known for walking on a high wire suspended between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 1974. He was arrested as soon as he came off the wire, but his act was captured in the Academy Award-winning film Man on Wire. Petit has continued to perform on the high wire, as well as to draw, teach, and to challenge himself constantly. "If you are not taunted by artistic challenge at least once a day you're dead," he says.Tracie Morris: Project Princess
December 24, 2010She's the one. Give her some. Under fire. Smoking gun.Philippe Petit, Mountains That Take Wing, and Tracie Morris
December 23, 2010Philippe Petit is probably best known for walking on a tightrope suspended between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 1974. He was arrested as soon as he came off the wire, but his act was captured in the Academy Award-winning film Man on Wire. Petit has continued to perform on the high wire, as well as to draw, teach, and to challenge himself constantly. "If you are not taunted by artistic challenge at least once a day you're dead," he says.The Future of Language: An Interview with Bob Holman
October 30, 2008There are more and more languages disappearing every day and by the end of the century it is possible that half of all existing languages will have vanished. Bob Holman of the Bowery Poetry Club, an anchor for local arts in NY, says that it is the great tragedy of our time.The End of Capitalism, Bob Holman on a Poetic Economy, and the U.S. Comes Full Circle in Afghanistan
October 29, 2008Market fundamentalism has been at the heart of U.S. economic policy for the last three decades. From Ronald Reagan and trickle down economics to Bill Clinton and deregulation the Washington Consensus has ruled the day. Fewer rules, open markets, and free trade. The impact has been far reaching. We are witnessing the fall out now but the corruption, the rot may run much deeper.The United States of Poetry: A Day in the Life
August 20, 2008“The United States of Poetry” was directed by Mark Pellington and produced by Joshua Blum and Bob Holman for Washington Square Films. Bob Holman is the proprietor of the Bowery Poetry Club in New York City. For more visit: www.worldofpoetry.com andwww.bowerypoetry.com.New Found Feminism, Wallace Shawn on Being Bourgeois, and The United States of Poetry
July 28, 2008What would a feminist campaign really look like? Playwright, actor Wally Shawn on upper class angst, The Food Stamp Challenge, and The United States of Poetry with Leonard Cohen and Amiri Baraka.Of Presidents and Poets
July 12, 2008Jimmy Carter and Michael Franti, in the United States of Poetry.Let Teachers Teach, Virtual Iraq, and the Federation of Black Cowboys
July 8, 2008Tonight on GRITtv what it takes to teach. Three NY City public school teachers talk about the obstacles they face, why tests are destroying creativity and critical thinking, and why your favorite teacher might think twice about teaching today. Find out why the National Education Association endorsed Barack Obama and why they’re pressuring him to shift the focus from tests to teaching.The United States of Poetry
July 1, 2008Poetry needs no introduction. In this clip from the audacious “United States of Poetry,” Leonard Cohen and Amiri Baraka opine on the American dream. From the wars against disorder and the fires of the homeless Democracy is coming to the USA. The flag may be on fire and that X is black.
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