Inside a Car at Madison Horror Film Fest October 4th (09/20/09)
Inside a Car, Shea Standing's latest thriller short, will have its Wisconsin premiere at the Madison Horror Film Festival on Sunday, October 4th at 2:15 p.m.
Director Shea Standing and videographer Brian Standing will be available after the film for questions and are also available for interviews. Stick around afterwards for the "Women in Horror" presentation hosted by Elske McCain and Scarlet Salem. Don't miss this opportunity to see this young Madison filmmaker's work on a big screen!
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Inside a Car by Shea Standing Released (07/19/09)
Prolefeed Studios has just released the online version of Inside a Car, nine minutes of pulse-pounding terror from wunderkind director Shea Galen Nunez Standing.The youngest member of the Prolefeed community, Shea has already racked up impressive credentials, producing the radio documentary Wild Turkeys in 2008 and Godzilla vs. Mecha-Godzilla vs. Megalo-Godzilla in 2004. Now, Shea's back with Inside a Car, a shivery tale of ghosts, locked cars, mysterious human skulls and finally... madness.
Inside a Car is also available in downloadable 3gp, wmv, and high-definition mp4 formats, among others. Check back for more of Shea's work later this summer.
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"Here, Kitty Kitty" on Wisconsin Public Television -- BROADCAST PREMIERE (03/24/09)
Here, Kitty Kitty, Prolefeed Studios' engaging look at the effort to make feral cats fair game in Wisconsin, will have its television broadcast premiere on April 18, 2009 at 10:00 p.m.(Central Daylight Time) on the Wisconsin Public Television network.
Here, Kitty Kitty wowed audiences at the 2008 San Francisco and Newburyport, Massachussetts Documentary Film Festivals. Don't miss this opportunity to see the film the Isthmus called "impressive... nuanced and well-researched." The Onion said, "Here, Kitty Kitty casts a sharper and funnier eye on public life...," Phoenix Cinema called it "...fascinating stuff...," while Blogcritics.org described it as "...a pretty interesting piece of work... permeated with humor... an easy watch that will keep you involved until the end."
More information about Here, Kitty Kitty, including an online trailer, reviews and DVD ordering information is available here.
Update 4/17/09: Yesterday, the LaCrosse Tribune published a Chris Hubbuch article on the Here, Kitty Kitty television premiere on Wisconsin Public Television. The article features a brief interview with Mark Smith, the original proponent of Question 62, who declined to participate in Here, Kitty Kitty. Smith says of director Andy Beversdorf, "I kind of wish I'd talked to him. He didn't pick sides and didn't beat anybody up." The LaCrosse Tribune article was also reprinted in today's Wisconsin State Journal. The Associated Press has also picked up the story, leading to articles in the Chicago Tribune, the St. Paul Pioneer Press and the Wausau Herald.
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Vote Jesus, Vote Vermin (01/25/09)
Our good friend, clown and professional rabble rouser, Vermin Supreme (last seen running for President of the United States in 2008) recently informed us that he has an alter ego: Christian evangelical Ken Stevenson.Here's what Vermin has to say about his other life:
"This,my fine feathered friends, is the link, to the trailer, to the movie project of the millennium. It is Vermin Supreme's most sublime prank of the decade. It is, Vermin Supreme through the right wing looking glass. The movie is so close to completion , you can almost taste the backlash.
Four years in the making,The documentary, "Vote Jesus", chronicles the presidential and spiritual voyage of my altered ego, Ken Stevenson, as he travels through the parochial backwaters of mainstream religious extremism, in modern America, today.
The movie features extensive , exclusive footage of Ken Stevenson, candidate and host , interviewing and interacting with such deeply committed people as young earth creationists, anti-evolutionist activists, athiests against creationists , Jerry Falwell as himself, Navy SEALS for Christ, faith based and faith biased political action committees, Bible Man and Bible Girl, and athiests against faith based political action committees.
Many others are presented, for your consideration and edification, including the ever eye-opening antics of the Westborough Baptist Church's, God Hates America crusade. The film also highlights The Battle Cry Ministry for Teen Abstinence , Billy Graham's Final Crusade, The Creation Museum Grand Opening,The Mega Creation Conference, and The Value Voters Summit in Washington DC.
I believe we have achieved our goal of making a film that is educational, informational, and entertaining. So regardless of your political or religious orientation , please, pull up a chair, take your shoes off, ( for the security screening .) and enjoy. Please comment your thoughts, and enjoy the film.
important disclaimer : Vermin Supreme reserves the right to deny everything."
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Creative Dissent DVD Released (12/27/08)
Have you enjoyed Prolefeed Studios' short online works, but are tired of hunching over your laptop screen to see them?
Prolefeed Studios director Brian Standing has been producing documentary videos in Madison, Wisconsin for over a decade. Creative Dissent takes the best of his short works, all previously only available online, and presents them in their full-resolution, DVD glory. Order yours today.
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Regime Change: The Trial of George W. Bush (11/27/08)
On November 22, 2008, the Madtown Liberty Players conducted a trial of George W. Bush on the steps of the Wisconsin State Capitol. Charges were brought by a 10-foot puppet of Lady Liberty herself, and the court was presided over by an equally imposing blind Justice. About 25-30 bystanders (including Madison music legend Art Paul Schlosser) served as the jury. The verdict: guilty on all counts. The penalty: Mr. Bush's statute was sentenced to be torn down by the crowd.Unlike the toppling of the statue of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad in 2003, this act required no assistance from U.S. military equipment. Mr. Bush's tinfoil likeness was dragged down by the mob, kicked and beaten with shoes by the jubilant crowd. "That's right! Get out your frustration!" exhorted the emcee.
Prolefeed Studios was there, and brings you this video report.
Regime Change: The Trial of George W. Bush by Brian Standing is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
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Car-Free Klezmer Now Available Online (10/31/08)
Prolefeed Studios is proud to announce the online release of Car-Free Klezmer, available for online streaming and download.Madison-based Klezmer mavens Yid Vicious spent a week supporting Car-Less University, a week-long celebration of World Car-Free Day organized by Enact Wisconsin and the Madison Environmental Group. Thanks to a generous Blink grant from the City of Madison Arts Commission, the seven musicians of Yid Vicious were able to take their music to the city's streets, bike paths, and bus stops, to the surprise, delight, and sometimes bleary-eyed confusion of commuters. Prolefeed Studios was there, documenting every moment.
SEE Seven sleepy musicians roust themselves at horribly early hours to inspire spontaneous bouts of bike path dancing.
HEAR Madison Metro passengers and bicycle commuters describe the ins and outs of their commuting experiences.
LEARN how many tubas fit on a bus-mounted bicycle rack.
GASP as Yid Vicious is stopped by the police for Driving Under the Influence of Klezmer.
Car-Free Klezmer is licensed under a Creative Commons license. This means that you are free to share this video with whomever you wish, download copies, and redistribute in any format you wish. All that we'd ask is that you do not use this for any commercial project, you give full credit to Prolefeed Studios and Brian Standing, and that you distribute it in its entirety, with no editing or "derivative works" permitted. For any other use that doesn't fit these criteria, please contact Brian Standing first.
Stay tuned for information about an upcoming DVD release.
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Vermin Supreme is Back on the Warpath (10/18/08)
Our good friend, rabble rouser and Shakespearean fool, Vermin Supreme, featured prominently in 1997's Subdue the Universe, is at it again. CNN's iReport features King of the Rats, a documentary short by Darren Garnick about Vermin's latest assault on Presidential Politics. Watch as Vermin (looking more and more like a Visigoth Fidel Castro) harasses Rudolph Giuliani, Dennis Kucinich, John Edwards, Barack Obama and John McCain.Here's what Darren has to say about Vermin:
"To say that renegade presidential candidate Vermin Supreme is Nostradamus with a boot on his head would be an understatement. Vermin prophecies revealed in the new 7-minute documentary short, "King of the Rats," include the rotten infidelity of John Edwards ("We have your bus surrounded! Come out with your arms up and your pants down!") and the brilliant pick of Hannah Montana as a running mate -- months before McCain picked the Alaskan Hannah Montana as VP (too many states in that metaphor?). Check out "King of the Rats" as part of CNN iReport's new on-line film festival."
If King of the Rats only whets your appetite for all things Vermin Supreme, more videos documenting "the Friendly Fascist's" career are available here.
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Brian Standing on WPT's Director's Cut (10/16/08)
Wisconsin Public Television's Director's Cut will feature a 30-minute interview with Prolefeed Studios founder Brian Standing.Director's Cut Broadcast Schedule
Main Channel (analog broadcast):
In a wide-ranging conversation, Brian and Director's Cut host Charles Monroe-Kane talk about the state of documentary film-making, the Prolefeed Studios Manifesto, the "karma" of low-budget collaboration, and show clips from Pedalphiles, War Is Sell and Counter Revolution. The show also features the broadcast premiere of Godzilla vs. Mega-Godzilla vs. Megalo-Godzilla, directed by Shea Galen Nunez Standing.Main Channel (analog broadcast):
- Saturday, November 22, 2008 at 10:00 p.m. CST
- Thursday, November 27, 2008 at 9:30 p.m. CST
- Friday, November 28, 2008 at 2:30 p.m. CST
- Saturday, November 29, 2008 at 6:30 p.m. CST
- Sunday, November 30, 2008 at midnight CST
- Monday, December 1, 2008 at 8:30 a.m. CST
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Here, Kitty Kitty Now Available on DVD! (08/30/08)
Andy Beversdorf's directorial debut Here, Kitty Kitty is now available on DVD from Prolefeed Studios.
- Anthropologist Jerry Merriman on hunters vs. urbanites
- Cat activist Ted O'Donnell on growing up in rural Vermont
- Ornithologist Stan Temple takes a walk on the prairie
- Cat-trapper Gordon King on "the American Gestapo" and why he's so vehement
- Gun aficionado Mark Hansen on the history of the world through the study of ballistics and the story of the giant spool on his shooting range
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