{"id":8327,"date":"2015-02-16T12:48:43","date_gmt":"2015-02-16T12:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/?p=8327"},"modified":"2020-05-16T21:41:44","modified_gmt":"2020-05-16T21:41:44","slug":"michael-moores-black-history-of-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/?p=8327","title":{"rendered":"A m e r i c a"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u2022\u2192\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/projectbritain.com\/americanbritish.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/projectbritain.com\/americanbritish.html\u2190<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/BRIT-ENGLISH-Am-E.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">British English \u2194\u00a0American English<\/a>\u2194 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DKEM-juLxmM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-23334\" src=\"http:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Am_Br.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"97\" \/><\/a><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Hello!<\/span> \u00a0 &#8211; \u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Hullo!\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u2666 \u00a0John Green<\/strong> kicks off Crash Course US History\u00a0<strong>\u2193<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6E9WU9TGrec\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p id=\"watch-headline-title\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2207 \u00b7 \u00b7 \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0 A shorter <strong>History of the States \u2193<\/strong>\u00a0 [4 Minutes]<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ICqJEt072WE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2207\u00a0 \u00a0A brief history of African slavery &amp; colonization\u00a0 \u00a0\u2207<\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gBUqxMxknkw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-16795\" src=\"http:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/slaves.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"417\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/slaves.gif 354w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/slaves-300x218.gif 300w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/slaves-150x109.gif 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 417px) 100vw, 417px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">\u00a4\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/nationalparks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA&#8217;S BEST IDEA<\/a> \u00a0\u2193<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">A six-episode series produced by Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan and written by Dayton Duncan. Filmed over the course of more than six years at some of nature&#8217;s most spectacular locales \u2013 from Acadia to Yosemite, Yellowstone to the Grand Canyon, the Everglades of Florida to the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska &#8211;\u00a0<strong>THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA&#8217;S BEST IDEA<\/strong>\u00a0is nonetheless a story of people: people from every conceivable background \u2013 rich and poor; famous and unknown; soldiers and scientists; natives and newcomers; idealists, artists and entrepreneurs&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u00a0 \u2022<\/strong><strong>\u2192<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/nationalparks\/parks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Parks\u2190<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0\/ \u00a0\u00a0\u2022<\/strong><strong>\u2192 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/nationalparks\/watch-video\/#642\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Video\u2190<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"img_box\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PMwjjmjwQmw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"thumb_big\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Calendar Days: United States Flag Day History\" src=\"http:\/\/www.watchmojo.com\/uploads\/blipthumbs\/PH-Cal-American-Flag-Day-480i60_480x270.jpg\" alt=\"Calendar Days: United States Flag Day History\" width=\"228\" height=\"137\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>\u21d0\u00a0 \u2022 Flag Day<\/strong> is a day for all Americans to celebrate and honor their flag, its makers and designers. The American flag is representative of the independence and unity of the country: \u201cone nation under god, indivisible.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u2022<strong>\u00a0A Proud History<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The American Flag has a proud and glorious history. It was at the lead of every battle fought by Americans, and many have died protecting it. It even stands proudly on the surface of the moon. Americans pledge allegiance to their flag as a promise of loyalty and devotion to their nation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>\u2022\u00a0Establishment of a New Flag<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Flag Day is always celebrated on June 14th, because it was on that day in 1777 that the Second Continental Congress passed an act establishing an official flag for the new nation. The resolution ordered that the flag of the United States was made of 13 stripes that alternated between red and white, in addition to a blue field covered with 13 stars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>\u2022\u00a0Official Flag Day<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">While Flag Day was celebrated in various communities for years after President Woodrow Wilson established it in 1916, it was not until August 1949 that President Harry S. Truman signed an Act of Congress that designated June 14th of each year as National Flag Day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>\u2022\u00a0Questionable Origins<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">While no one knows the exact origin of the first American flag, some historians believed it was designed by Congressman Francis Hopkinson, or sewn by Philadelphia seamstress Betsy Ross.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>\u2022\u00a0What the Flag Represents<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Today, the flag consists of 13 horizontal stripes: seven red alternating with six white. The stripes represent the original 13 colonies, while the stars represent the 50 states of the union. The colors of the flag are also symbolic: red signifies heartiness and valor, white denotes purity and innocence, and blue represents vigilance, perseverance and justice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>\u2022\u00a0Learn More About U.S. History<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The American flag is a huge part of the history of the United States. To learn more about U.S. history, check out WatchMojo.com.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00f7\u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00f7<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2207<\/span><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> \u00a0Unique New York \u00a0. . .<\/span><\/em><\/h4>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u21d2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/19237164\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Manhatta<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0\u2193 \u00a0 [1921]<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qduvk4zu_hs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 1920 <strong>Paul Strand<\/strong> and artist <strong>Charles Sheeler<\/strong> collaborated on <strong>Manhatta,<\/strong>\u00a0a short silent film that presents a day in the life of lower Manhattan. Inspired by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poemhunter.com\/walt-whitman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Walt Whitman<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s book <em>Leaves of Grass<\/em>, the film includes multiple segments that express the character of <strong>New York<\/strong>. The sequences display a similar approach to the still photography of both artists.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>\u00b6 \u00a0\u00ab<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HwnNRqWw0zQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Mannahatta<\/span><\/a>\u00ab<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u21d3 \u00a0a poem by\u00a0<strong>Walt Whitman \u00a0<\/strong>[1819 &#8211; 1892]<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Kz83mOa4x5E\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>I WAS<\/strong> asking for something specific and perfect for my city,<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Whereupon, lo! upsprang the aboriginal name!<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Now I see what there is in a name,<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">a word, liquid, sane, unruly, musical, self-sufficient;<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">I see that the word of my city is that word up there,<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Because I see that word nested in nests of water-bays,<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Superb, rich, hemm&#8217;d thick all around with sailships and steamships<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">&#8211; an island sixteen miles long, solid-founded,<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Numberless crowded streets &#8211;<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">&#8211; high growths of iron, slender, strong, light, splendidly uprising toward clear skies;<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Tide swift and ample, well-loved by me, toward sundown,<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The flowing sea-currents, the little islands,<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">larger adjoining islands, the heights, the villas,<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The countless masts, the white shore-steamers, the lighters, the ferry-boats,<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">the black sea-steamers well-model&#8217;d;<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The down-town streets, the jobbers&#8217; houses of business-<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">&#8211; the houses of business of the ship-merchants, and money-brokers<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">&#8211; the river-streets;<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Immigrants arriving, fifteen or twenty thousand in a week;<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The carts hauling goods &#8211; the manly race of drivers of horses &#8211; the\u00a0brown-faced sailors;<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The summer air, the bright sun shining, and the sailing clouds aloft;<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The winter snows, the sleigh-bells<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">&#8211; the broken ice in the river, passing along, up or down, with the flood tide or ebb-tide;<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The mechanics of the city,<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">the masters, well-form&#8217;d, beautiful-faced, looking you straight in the eyes;<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Trottoirs throng&#8217;d&#8211;vehicles&#8211;Broadway&#8211;the women&#8211;the shops and\u00a0shows,<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">A million people&#8211;manners free and superb&#8211;open voices&#8211;hospitality &#8211;<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">&#8211; the most courageous and friendly young men;<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">the city of hurried and sparkling waters!<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">the city of spires and masts!<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The city nested in bays!<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>my city!<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zn73QwQPobw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9996\" title=\"Walt-Whitman-007\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walt-Whitman-007.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walt-Whitman-007.jpg 460w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walt-Whitman-007-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walt-Whitman-007-150x90.jpg 150w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Walt-Whitman-007-400x240.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>\u21d1\u00a0&#8216;Broadway&#8217; \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">What hurrying human tides, or day or night!<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\"> What passions, winnings, losses, ardors, swim thy waters!<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\"> What whirls of evil, bliss and sorrow, stem thee!<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\"> What curious questioning glances&#8211;glints of love!<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\"> Leer, envy, scorn, contempt, hope, aspiration!<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\"> Thou portal&#8211;thou arena&#8211;thou of the myriad long-drawn lines and groups!<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\"> (Could but thy flagstones, curbs, facades, tell their inimitable tales;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\"> Thy windows rich, and huge hotels&#8211;thy side-walks wide;)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\"> Thou of the endless sliding, mincing, shuffling feet!<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\"> Thou, like the parti-colored world itself&#8211;like infinite, teeming,\u00a0mocking life!<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\"> Thou visor&#8217;d, vast, unspeakable show and lesson!<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">\u00a4 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oTxf3tgqz0I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twenty-four dollar Island<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0(1927)<\/span><\/h3>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">\u00abYou understand that I am speaking of a film in which New York is the central character, not a picture in which individuals are portrayed, which would make New York merely the background for a story. I am talking about the picture in which New York is the story.\u00bb<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Robert Flaherty<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">\u2014The new score by Donald Sosin provides a strong complement<wbr \/>\u00a0to Flaherty\u2019s point of view that a city is something close to a fascistic overlord that, nonetheles<wbr \/>s, reflects human civilizati<wbr \/>ons through the centuries .<wbr \/>\u00a0. \u00a0.<\/span><\/address>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w5RBisiY4TY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">The film opens with an image on paper: an historic drawing of the 1626 trade Dutchman Peter Minuit supposedly made with Native Americans\u2014boxes of trinkets worth $24 for Manhattan Island. Title cards tell us the Dutch immediately built 30 houses. Next, we learn the new city of New Amsterdam grew to 1,000 residents by 1656. The film then juxtaposes a drawn map of the original New Amsterdam settlement with photos of the metropolis that had spread out on the same site by 1926, the year this film was shot. The next title card introduces Flaherty\u2019s subject proper: <strong>\u201cNew York, symbol of impressive industry, finance, power, where men are dwarfed by the immensity of that which they have conceived\u2014machines, skyscrapers\u2014mountains of steel and stone.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">A couple of men are glimpsed on the edges of the frame as they maneuver some earth-moving equipment into place. Steel clam shovels dig into the sand and move on threads of chain into the air to deposit their loads in a nearby container. The music, which until now had trafficked in Native American motifs, starts to take on a stronger rhythmic intensity, as though it were imitating the heartbeat of the city, and synthesized tones emphasize the mechanistic nature of the subject. Ships belching black smoke and dwarfing nearby ferries and tugboats fill the frame. The Hudson River, visible on the maps shown at the beginning of the film, seems to be brimming with seafaring traffic, like a bathtub awash in rubber duckies and toy boats. Bridges spanning from the island to the surrounding land cut a swath through the sky; when the river traffic and bridges enter the same frame, the sky is all but obliterated. The total encroachment of the urban human habitat on the natural landscape of the island will fill the frame at the end of the film. \u00a0 \u00a0<em> [Marilyn Ferdinand]<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\">\u03a6\u00a0 Watch two samples of a series of films featuring <strong><em>&#8216;Elements&#8217;<\/em> <\/strong>of NY, by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.creativeplanetnetwork.com\/videography\/news\/chuck-fishbein-celebrates-love-affair-new-york\/27203\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Chuck Fishbein<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, and inspired by <em>24-dollar Island<\/em>\u00a0. . .\u00a0\u21d2<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/9336612\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\">&#8216;STEAM&#8217;<\/span><\/a>\u21d0 \u00a0\/ \u00a0\u21d2<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/9363809\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\">&#8216;<\/span><\/a><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/9363809\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\">One August Day&#8217;<\/span><\/a>\u21d0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">\u00a4 \u00a0\u00a0Robert Florey&#8217;s \u00a0Skyscraper Symphony \u00a0\u21d3 [1929]<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/38319245\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-13424\" title=\"R_Fl\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/R_Fl.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/R_Fl.jpg 240w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/R_Fl-126x150.jpg 126w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Robert Florey<\/strong> [1900-1979] is the supreme instance in the silent era of a professional filmmaker whose dissatisfaction with commercial assignments led him into parallel work as an avant-garde independent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/fan.tcm.com\/_Skyscraper-Symphony-1929-Robert-Florey\/video\/1606546\/66470.html?createPassive=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">Skyscraper Symphony<\/span><\/a>,<\/strong>\u00a0his montage of Manhattan architecture (running time: 9 minutes), is in a genre that would have been familiar to audiences of the new art cinema movement. \u201c<em>City symphonies\u201d<\/em>\u2014documentary images of urban landscapes edited into semiabstract visual rhythms\u2014had begun in the United States with <em>Manhatta<\/em> (1921), and others had been imported from Europe, most influentially \u21d2<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=j76FNxsJlt8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">Berlin: <em>Symphony of a Great City<\/em> <\/span><\/a>\u21d0<\/strong>(1927).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">Born in Paris in 1900, Florey came to America in 1921 as a newspaper correspondent. Beginning in 1923, he directed a few shorts and minor features but earned higher salary and satisfaction as assistant to the era\u2019s top directors\u2014 <strong>Henry King, Frank Borzage, King Vidor<\/strong>, and <strong>Josef von Sternberg<\/strong> among them\u2014while writing books to explain Hollywood to the French. In 1925, he also began experimenting with his own short films. First to be shown publicly was the small masterpiece of expressionist satire \u21d2<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gkSxZJwOe_c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">The Life and Death of &#8216;9413&#8217;\u2014a Hollywood Extra<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u21d0<\/strong>(1927).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dhHEDvi58Is\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a4 \u00a0Man on Wire \u00a0[2008]<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Cz6oddi0mts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-40059\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/man_on_w.jpg\" alt=\"man_on_w\" width=\"219\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/man_on_w.jpg 219w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/man_on_w-150x101.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">On August 7th 1974, a young Frenchman named <strong>Philippe Petit<\/strong> stepped out on a wire illegally rigged between New York\u2019s twin towers, then the worlds tallest buildings. After nearly an hour dancing on the wire, he was arrested, taken for psychological evaluation, and brought to jail before he was finally released.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Following six and a half years of dreaming of the towers, Petit spent eight months in New York City planning the execution of the coup. Aided by a team of friends and accomplices, Petit was faced with numerous extraordinary challenges: he had to find a way to bypass the WTCs security; smuggle the heavy steel cable and rigging equipment into the towers; pass the wire between the two rooftops; anchor the wire and tension it to withstand the winds and the swaying of the buildings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">The rigging was done by night in complete secrecy. At 7:15 AM, Philippe took his first step on the high wire 1,350 feet above the sidewalks of Manhattan. <strong>James Marsh<\/strong>&#8216;s documentary brings Petits extraordinary adventure to life through the testimony of Philippe himself, and some of the co-conspirators who helped him create the unique and magnificent spectacle that became known as the artistic crime of the century. \u00a0<\/span>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1155592\/synopsis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">from <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">imdb.com<\/span><\/strong><\/a>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">This clip shows Philippe\u2019s performing his act \u00a0\u21d3 \u00a0to the sound of <strong>Satie<\/strong>\u2019s <strong>Gymnop\u00e9die\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1d_1Y1E3fps\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00ab<span style=\"color: #993300;\">J&#8217;ai tendu des cordes de clocher \u00e0 clocher ; des guirlandes de fen\u00eatre \u00e0 fen\u00eatre ; <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>des cha\u00eenes d&#8217;or d&#8217;\u00e9toile \u00e0 \u00e9toile, et je danse\u00bb <\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Arthur Rimbaud<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a4 \u00a0Steve Reich<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stevereich.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-40726\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/steve-reich.jpg\" alt=\"steve-reich\" width=\"165\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/steve-reich.jpg 165w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/steve-reich-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 165px) 100vw, 165px\" \/><\/a>A highly influential avant-garde composer and one of the key founders of the minimalist school of music,\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"name-link\" style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0e76bc;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/reich-mn0000037658\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reich<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0has embraced a wide variety of musical styles and interests, forging from them a unique synthesis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"watch-headline-title\" class=\"yt\" style=\"color: #222222; text-align: right;\"><span id=\"eow-title\" class=\"watch-title yt-uix-expander-head\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"Reich on Reich\"><strong>\u2022\u2192 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=l4FqYoHFHZo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reich on Reich<\/a><\/strong> \u21d0 [2009]<\/span><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2207 \u00a0\u00a0 &#8216;Hindenburg&#8217; \u00a0\u21d3<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">From 1998 to 2002, composer <strong>Steve Reich<\/strong> and film maker <strong>Beryl Korot<\/strong> collaborated to create \u21d2<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stevereich.com\/threetales_info.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>\u00abThree Tales\u00bb<\/strong><\/a>, a trilogy of stories about important technological events of the 20th Century.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The first tale,<\/span>\u00a0<strong>&#8216;Hindenburg&#8217;,<\/strong>\u00a0utilizes historical footage, photographs, specially constructed stills and a videotaped interview which provide a setting for the archival material and text about the zeppelin. Starting with the final explosion in Lakehurst, New Jersey in 1937, \u00a0it also includes material about the zeppelin&#8217;s construction in Germany in 1935 and its final Atlantic crossing. The unambiguously positive attitude towards technology is presented through newscasters of the era.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/caJ-MoESHyI\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u2022\u2192\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5igPnYgRM2I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Three Movements for Orchestra<\/a>\u00a0\u21d0<\/strong> [a film by Alessandro Manfredi]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulbunyantrail.com\/talltale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-12334 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/P_Bunyan.jpg\" alt=\"P_Bunyan\" width=\"145\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/P_Bunyan.jpg 145w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/P_Bunyan-99x150.jpg 99w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 145px) 100vw, 145px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>\u00a4 \u00a0Paul Bunyan<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">One of the most famous and popular North American folklore heroes, he is usually described as a\u00a0giant\u00a0as well as a lumberjack of unusual skill, and is often accompanied in stories by his animal companion,\u00a0<strong>Babe the Blue Ox<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">Paul Bunyan is a larger-than-life folk hero who embodies frontier vitality. He is a symbol of might, the willingness to work hard, and the resolve to overcome all obstacles. He was popularized by newspapermen across the country in 1910 and has been a part of the American culture ever since.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #003300;\">\u2190 Read <strong>\u00abA Tall Tale\u00bb<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0\/ \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/americanfolklore.net\/folklore\/paul-bunyan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">Click to read more\u00a0<strong>folk tales<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u2193<\/span><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/americanfolklore.net\/folklore\/paul-bunyan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16797 alignnone\" title=\"kids\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/kids.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"358\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/kids.gif 358w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/kids-300x223.gif 300w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/kids-150x111.gif 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 358px) 100vw, 358px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u2022\u00a0 Paul Bunyan<\/strong>\u00a0 \u21d3\u00a0 [Mel-O-Tunes, 1960]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DXIFrFmCJrE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333300;\">\u00a4 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.peanuts.com\/characters\/charlie-brown\/#.U3f5tFh_v7U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Charlie Brown<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kA52KObBVD8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #333300;\"><span style=\"color: #333300;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-12828\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/charlie_b+s.gif\" alt=\"charlie_b+s\" width=\"163\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/charlie_b+s.gif 163w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/charlie_b+s-150x130.gif 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 163px) 100vw, 163px\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333300;\">Created, written and illustrated by <strong>Charles M. Schulz<\/strong>, <em>\u00abPeanuts\u00bb<\/em> made its debut on October 2nd, 1950, and starred the lovable <strong>Charlie Brown<\/strong> and his dog <strong>Snoopy<\/strong>. Eventually, the series went on to generate over 18 thousand strips that appeared in more than 2,600 newspapers across 75 countries, in 21 languages while reaching 355 million readers.\u00a0Immensely popular, this simple 4-panel comic starred a group of kids who would regularly comment upon everyday issues, all while being unable to understand what adults were saying.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #333300;\">\u2666 \u00a0Join WatchMojo.com as we explore\u00a0 \u00a0The Origins of <strong>Charlie Brown\u00a0\u00a0\u21d2<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333300;\">He is the star of the most influential and popular comic of all time. Welcome to WatchMojo.com and today we\u2019ll be taking a look at the origins of Charlie Brown.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333300;\">The American syndicated comic strip \u201cPeanuts\u201d was originally written and illustrated by Charles M. Schulz. It made its debut on October 2nd, 1950, and starred the lovable Charlie Brown. The series went on to generate over 18 thousand strips that appeared in more than 2,600 newspapers across 75 countries, in 21 languages and reached 355 million readers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333300;\">This wildly successful comic standardized the use of four-panel gags and proved to be an unprecedented American success story. Ironically, its protagonist was anything but successful: Charlie Brown was the son of a barber, and was characterized by his nervous and unconfident behavior. He was unable to fly a kite, win at baseball, or even kick a football. Charlie Brown was depicted as an endearing loser with bad luck, but this yellow-shirted child also represented internal fortitude, as he was modeled on the personality of his creator.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333300;\">Though the \u201cPeanuts\u201d comic strip made its debut in the 1950s, Charlie Brown and his dog pal Snoopy first appeared in 1947. Schulz placed versions of these characters within an earlier comic strip called \u201cLi\u2019l Folks.\u201d This was a weekly panel made available in the author\u2019s hometown paper.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333300;\">Schulz wanted to launch his creation across the nation, but needed to make some drastic changes before doing so. He was forced to change the name of the strip because it resembled two other comics at the time, and decided on a set cast rather than a variety of nameless characters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333300;\">With inspiration from the peanut gallery on the \u201cHowdy Doody Show,\u201d the title \u201cPeanuts\u201d was finally chosen. Interestingly, Schulz never liked this choice of name. Because of this, the paperback comic collections always contained either \u201cCharlie Brown\u201d or \u201cSnoopy\u201d in the title, in an effort to avoid confusing fans of the series who knew it for its stars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333300;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peanuts.com\/characters\/charlie-brown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-12829\" src=\"http:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/c-brown.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/c-brown.gif 241w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/c-brown-150x112.gif 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/a>The rest of the cast slowly began appearing in the \u201cPeanuts\u2019\u201d early years: fans eventually got to know and love supporting characters like Lucy, Linus, \u201cPeppermint\u201d Patty, Woodstock, Franklin, Marcie and Sally.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333300;\">This group of kids eventually engaged generations of readers through their interactions with one another, and their inability to understand what adults were saying.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333300;\">Schulz took on all facets of the comic on his own, and this helped him produce a strip with a cohesive and simple style. The creator managed to write the scripts, draw the art and even ink the lettering. He also infused \u201cPeanuts\u201d with subtle and keen social commentary that explored issues like racial and gender equality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333300;\">Of course, the \u201cPeanuts\u201d strip was eventually challenged by other comics in the 1980s and \u201890s. Newcomers like \u201cGarfield\u201d as well as \u201cCalvin and Hobbes\u201d began winning more readers, but despite this \u201cPeanuts\u201d remained extremely popular. Schulz continued to produce it until health reasons forced him to retire.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333300;\">The last daily original comic was published on January 3rd, 2000. Schulz passed away just over a month later on February 12th, and his dying wish was that no one else would continue his beloved series. The \u201cPeanuts\u201d comics has survived under the banner of \u201cClassic Peanuts\u201d and through color reprints.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333300;\">In the many years since its debut, Charlie Brown and friends made the transition to commercials and Broadway plays, as well as numerous television and film specials. In fact, the gang has appeared in over 50 such events through the years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333300;\">In 2007, Warner Bros. acquired the television and film rights to the franchise. 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