My brother and I made this film in order to show the negative aspects of our society and what it leads young teenagers to do. We played football with these kids and also went to school with them. As my brother and I enrolled in private schools, these kids were left behind to make theire own decisions which often times [...]
In my video, I wanted to portray my thoughts on free speech and the current status of free speech. I do this by explaining how I have been an underdog my whole life so no matter how obscene I can be, it is worthless because no one ever listens to me. This reflects my thoughts on free speech because I [...]
Speech is a gift but it is a curse at the same time. Speech allows us to express our ideas in forms of riddles, song, poems, novels, short stories, other forms of literature and by talking. While speech does so much for us, at the same time, speech can be looked at as a curse. Speech works by connecting words [...]
It didn't take me long to decide upon the subject of my film. Censorship, I believe, is a direct attack on creativity. That's why I chose to turn my film into a satire, to parody the ignorance that comes with censorship. I wanted to focus on television because even in my house, my parents censor what I can and can't [...]
We're all for free speech, but we believe that its each citizens civic responsibility to make sure that their words have power. Our video is meant to illustrate the dangers of what can happen when the government begins to censor content. To do this, we combined various images of media being censored (eg. cd's broken, books taken, chalkboards erased) loosely [...]
My short film is mainly about the "N word". As you know the N word stands for nigger or the current version on the word nigga. I choose to do a documentary and I interviewed people from my school because my school is predominantly black. The reason I choose this topic is because this is still a issue in our [...]
The reason why we chose to make our video about this topic is because we believe in freedom of speech and expression, and that nothing should be censored. In the video we demonstrate that teachers and schools don’t allow students to listen to what they want or read what they want and that they want students to behave a certain [...]
Our video is made to seem like a funny advertising show. We chose this topic of making fun of censorship because we don’t believe that it is right. The salespeople in the film are trying to sell censorship through a helmet and glasses. To show how it works we have characters in different situations using the products. Then at the [...]
It is a mock news report on what we think about speech and what we do not like about it. At first, I had a different idea (which was about a month before the deadline), but by the time I actually had time to work on it, it was nearly the deadline, so I winged-it and did what I had [...]
Desiree Puller I’m All for Free Speech But… I think that freedom of speech is one of the best freedoms we have here in the USA, however when people choose to abuse this freedom is when I regret having it. I wanted to make this short film because sometimes we as teenagers say things without thinking about the affect it [...]
My rendition of “I’m all for free speech, BUT…” is based upon a teen girl who is bullied into suicide. Everyone she encounters has nothing good to say to her. All she hears are insults and derogatory statements. It becomes so intense she is haunted by the laughs of her antagonists which brings her to the point of suicide. The [...]
My film “freedom of speech, does it exist? can it ever?” was my chance to experience a filmmakers role, in this film I went around my high school and my community to interview various people and get their honest opinions on what they believe about their first amendment right, which is freedom of speech. For me originality was key in [...]
"I'm All For Free Speech, BUT Taking Your Own Picture for Facebook in Your Bathroom Mirror is Just Stupid!" I am making fun of all the friends I have whose Facebook profile picture is taken by themselves in their bathroom. I chose this topic because my friends and I always joke around about how stupid they look. The credits say [...]
This film addresses the best and worst of free speech. The price of free speech, being free to make this video, is that we have to put up with insults. All of our opinions are valid and cannot be proven to be absolutely wrong or right. If we limit a person's right to express an opinion, who gets to set [...]
I wanted to show the two extremes of free speech. I created two characters, Ted, who is obnoxious and says what he wants knowing he's protected under the 1st amendment. And also Ernest, who is constantly afraid of offending other people even though he has the right to say whatever he pleases. I did this to show how neither extreme [...]
It is easy to defend the freedom of speech when it does not tread on people’s feelings or as long as it stays within the confines of what is “Politically Correct”, but when speech is offensive to groups in society can we truly say we have the right to say whatever we want? In my movie I discuss the difference [...]
In my video I hoped to convey to the viewers that words are only as bad as you make them out to be. I think Freedom of Speech should allow us to say just about anything we need to say. People should not have to sacrifice the use of certain words simply because it makes a few others uncomfortable. The [...]
This documentary film was about Freedom of Speech. Yes, everyone has their right to say whatever they would like whenever. Where is the line drawn though? There is a time and place for everything and sometimes certain words shouldn't be said or not at all. This video is about a student who is minding their own business whenever Racism comes [...]
my film is about how i struggle through out my 15(quiencenera)being gay and my parents not appoveing of it. my story also show reaction of a friends mother who found out about her daughter being gay also. i felt my story will inspire young teens to be able to come out to thier parents and not be ashamed. through out [...]
My film was made for the soldiers and there families. It's meant to be an inspirational film. It's to show them that we care about them and thank them for what they are doing.
This video is an example of how censorship is good in certain cases but should not be overused. This contains violence, partial nudity, and language. Yet, this video would be nothing without these elements. Censorship can increase the humor. Many agree that a bleeped out word can be more humorous than a curse word by itself. One cannot censor art. [...]
I chose the topic I did to explain how much disrespect there seems to be in free speech. Everyone is entitled to his or her own opinion but people do not seem to understand respect. I do not believe we should be censored but I do believe we shold have respect for one another!
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Tania Bruguera, Cuban installation and video artist discusses public funding in Cuba and the development of alternative institutions Tania Bruguera made these comments for a special internet video project organized by the National Coalition Against Censorship and the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at the New School on the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Decency Clause. [...]
Tania Bruguera, Cuban installation and video artist discusses the effects of censorship. Tania Bruguera made these comments for a special internet video project organized by the National Coalition Against Censorship and the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at the New School on the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Decency Clause. Invited artists are videotaping their responses [...]
Tania Bruguera, Cuban installation and video artist discusses the idea of public funding of art. Tania Bruguera made these comments for a special internet video project organized by the National Coalition Against Censorship and the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at the New School on the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Decency Clause. Invited artists are [...]
Tania Bruguera, Cuban installation and video artist discusses the idea of "taboos" in contemporary culture. Tania Bruguera made these comments for a special internet video project organized by the National Coalition Against Censorship and the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at the New School on the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Decency Clause. Invited artists are [...]
Ricardo Dominguez, Professor of Visual Arts at UC San Diego, talks about his own experience of censorship within the University of California and how it might lead to a chilling effect on faculty and students.
Raqs Media Collective, a contemporary art group from India, gives a statement on the effects of censorship. Raqs Media Collective made these comments for a special internet video project organized by the National Coalition Against Censorship and the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at the New School on the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Decency Clause. [...]
David Glasser, Co-Chaiman of he Ben Uri Gallery in the London Museum of Art, talks about the censorship and need of public funding for institutions that portray sensitive issues in a thoughtful and respectful manner. Glasser made these comments for a special internet video project organized by the National Coalition Against Censorship and the Vera List Center for Art and [...]
Performance artist and Founding Director of Franklin Furnace Martha Wilson talks about the need of public funding for art that confronts people with reality and changes cultural discourse. Part of the Power, Taboo and the Artist video interview series produced by the National Coalition Against Censorship and the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at the New School on [...]
Artist Steve Lambert talks about the need for public funding of art that is not considered to be commercial. Lambert made these comments for a special internet video project organized by the National Coalition Against Censorship and the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at the New School on the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Decency Clause. [...]
The story about a guy who just broke up with his girlfriends and just wandering around, hopeless. i choose this topic because it close to real life, people stuck in the break-up situation everyday. I wrote the script for this video in about an hour, wrote down the detail for every second of a music. After that i went to [...]
Artist Boryana Rossa talks about censorship trends in countries in the former Communist bloc. Rossa made these comments for a special internet video project organized by the National Coalition Against Censorship and the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at the New School on the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Decency Clause. Invited artists are videotaping their [...]
Sofia Hernandez Chong Cuy speaking on the censorship. Tamayo Museum Director Hernandez Chong Cuy made these comments for a special internet video project organized by the National Coalition Against Censorship and the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at the New School on the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Decency Clause. Invited artists are videotaping their responses [...]
Sofia Hernandez Chong Cuy speaking on alternative models of cultural production. Tamayo Museum Director Hernandez Chong Cuy made these comments for a special internet video project organized by the National Coalition Against Censorship and the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at the New School on the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Decency Clause. Invited artists are [...]
Artist Dread Scott speaking on self-censorship. Scott made these comments for a special internet video project organized by the National Coalition Against Censorship and the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at the New School on the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Decency Clause. Invited artists are videotaping their responses to the following questions: 1. What are [...]
Artist Dread Scott speaking on taboos. Scott made these comments for a special internet video project organized by the National Coalition Against Censorship and the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at the New School on the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Decency Clause. Invited artists are videotaping their responses to the following questions: 1. What are [...]
