History was made in April of 2005 when the first video was posted on YouTube. No one could have predicted that it would become the global platform it is today with over one billion hours of content consumed each day (Yes, one billion. You read that correctly). It paved the way for new voices and creators like Brandon Rogers, who’s quickly building his comedic empire one laugh at a time. His over-the-top and outrageous sketches have captured the hearts of over 3.9 million subscribers, and like the character he has
National Geographic Documentary Films screened Into the Okavango at the Tribeca Film Festival this year. The documentary follows an expedition down the Okavango River in Africa. Dr. Steve Boyes leads a research team from the source all the way down to the delta in order to discover why and how the river is drying up. The river flows from Angola through Namibia into Botswana. It is the life source for animals as well as people, and, until now, it has never been fully surveyed. The expedition took about four months to do
Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women is a classic piece of literature for a reason: it is a timeless and universal portrait of women. Written by a woman about women in a time when women were relegated to the sidelines, it has been adapted for stage and screen to varying degrees of success. This Masterpiece on PBS adaptation is, based on the first part aired at the Tribeca Film Festival, a resounding success. Beginning during the Civil War, Little Women focuses on the March family. While Mr. March (Dylan Baker) is
The hit novel, Sweetbitter, makes its way to the small screen, premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival. Writer Stephanie Danler is a writer and producer on the new Starz series so the feel of the novel translates well. It’s 2006, and Tess (Ella Purnell) arrives in New York City in her beat-up car with no ambition and nothing but a few trash bags to her name. The only ambition she had was the drive to leave her Midwest home behind for something better. Needing a way to pay rent, she