THE AGE OF STUPID! Watch this Movie, Spread the Vibe!

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Hey, humanity!! Do you hear me? Yes, you! Earth speaking. Will you please listen to me at least once? Will you start thinking about your environment finally? What? You don't have the time?! You are in a hurry and have to earn more money to support kids and family? You have to watch the latest soap opera drama in TV? You don't think the situation is that bad? You don't give the shit about the Gaia?! Are you stupid or wot?!?!?!?

Today, 21st of September 2009 is the date of global premiere screening of 'The Age of Stupid', the new cinema documentary from the Director of 'McLibel' and the Producer of the Oscar-winning 'One Day in September'. This enormously ambitious drama-documentary-animation hybrid stars Oscar-nominated Pete Postlethwaite as an old man living in the devastated world of 2055, watching 'archive' footage from 2008 and asking: why didn't we stop climate change while we had the chance? The movie touches upon climate change, oil, war, politics, consumerism and human stupidity (finally someone addressing the worst virust of this planet).

The movie will be played on hundreds of venues across the globe, check the exact times and dates on THE GLOBAL PREMIERE SITE

I'm really proud that this movie was shown practically for the first time officially in my country, Poland during the UN Climate Conference in Poznań held in the late 2008. This movie has been purchased by some unknown distributor (I have some suspects thou) in Poland who unfortunately failed to 'cash in' on this global event and failed to organize at leaste one screening on the global date. Are these people stupid or something? Thus, sadly no exact date for Poland :(

Check the Not Stupid Organization which accompanies the global screenings of this movie and become one of the activist fighting the global stupidity cancer.

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Staring: Pete Postlethwaite (drama)Fernand Pareau, 82-year old French mountain guide (documentary)Jeh Wadia, starting a low-cost airline in India (documentary)Alvin DuVernay, Shell oil man who rescued 100 people after Hurricane Katrina (documentary)Layefa Malemi, living in Shell’s most profitable oil region in Nigeria (documentary)Jamila and Adnan Bayyoud, two Iraqi refugee kids trying to find their brother (documentary)Piers Guy, a windfarm developer fighting the anti windfarm lobby in England (documentary).

FILMED ON LOCATION IN
America, UK, India, Nigeria, Iraq, Jordan, The Alps

CREW
Director: Franny Armstrong (McLibel, Drowned Out)Producer: Lizzie GillettExec Producer: John Battsek (One Day In September, In The Shadow of the Moon)Editor: David G Hill (Game Over, McLibel)Animation Directors: Martyn Pick & Jonathan HodgsonComposer: Chris Brierley (McLibel, Drowned Out)Featuring the music of: Radiohead, Depeche Mode, Boots Are Made For Walking

FUNDING & BUDGET
£450,000 raised by “crowd-funding” - selling shares to individuals and groups. Film is therefore completely INDEPENDENT.

Bristol Dubstep Documentary: Living inside the speaker

Livising inside the speaker: Bristol Dubstep documentary (including a video by quawwali VIP by Pinch) can be downloaded for free here (ca. 700MB !!).

This movie has been shot a few years ago (I reckon around 2006/2007) on the rising Bristol dubstep scene and is now being released for free download by the authors. This file has sat on my hard drive for a few days but having some free time on Easter I gave it a try. And I have been immediately immersed into heavy sub-bass and slow, burning tempo of killing soundz coming from my speakers. I was reminded once again why I love dubstep so much as recently I've started drifting a bit away from the scene which unfortunately seemed a bit tired of itself and lacking creativity and inspiration. Saying that I still strongly believe there are so many talented youngsters and a bunch of allstars that they will keep this scene above the board for a long time in the future. Anyway, dubstep is far far far from reaching this ridiculous state as in d'n'b formulaic and booooorrring tracks (yak!)

For all you dubstep headz out there - listen to these classic tracks from the greatest era of dubstep, as this movie has a very good soundtrack (incl. tracks by White Boi, Skream, Pinch, Headhunter, Forsaken), and above all listen to what the artists and punters say about the entire scene, its beginnings, its development, its style or drkinking/drug habits - "It's more civilized, just Guineess + spliff" "It's for people who love low frequency, "These are mainly people who are sound headz!! or to hear some production tips. The entire docu is unpretentional, straigthforward and informative. You will even get a section on cutting dubplates presented by Henry from Heatwave crew. What I really liked hearing were the artists emphasizing the importance of the Internet, blogs (YES!) and forums in spreading the vibe and promoting this new style of music :) All in all, I liked this short film (37min) much better than Dubfiles: Dubstep Documentary released last year. Go grab it for free.

And here is the word by the authors themselves:

Dubstep is the newest musical genre to come out of the UK and is quietly gaining popularity all other the UK with its heavy, heavy bass lines and spaced out sound. The scene is particularly strong in London, but Bristol is often classed as Dubstep’s second city. This film goes into the underbelly of the Dubstep scene in Bristol and uncovers through interviews with DJ’s, promoters and punters a vibrant and growing scene. The film explains the Dubstep sound and how the Bristol scene started, highlights how producers make Dubstep tunes and plays live Dubstep sets and describes why the sound system is so important to the genre. If you are into underground music and subcultures then you cannot afford to miss this film.

The film features DJ Pinch, Peverelist, Bubonic, Atik2, Hench Crew, Kymatik, Kidkut, Blazey, Stealth, Dub Boy, Wedge, White Boi, Gutterbreaks, Elemental, Search & Destroy, Skream, Chef and the Bristol Dubstep Massive. (including many hijackers)