PSA
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“If You Selfie I’ll Delete You”: Alessio Fava on Selfie Addiction
Filmmaker Alessio Fava, whose Yuri Esposito was one of the inaugural films at the Venice Biennale College Cinema, has directed this ironic, fantastical social media campaign about… selfie abuse. (I supposed whether that abuse is self-abuse or abuse towards others might depend on the shooter/subject.) This video has gone viral in Fava’s native Italy; check it out above.
by Scott Macaulay on Aug 1, 2014 -
Werner Herzog’s Texting and Driving Doc From One Second To The Next
Werner Herzog turned 70 last year, but he’s certainly not slowing down and indeed he seems to be more prolific than ever. The latest film he’s made is surprising, to say the least: a short, 35-minute PSA doc to support the It Can Wait campaign against texting and driving. Interestingly, there’s absolutely no mention of Herzog on the site, and it’s only when you start watching From One Second To The Next that you find out who the man behind it is…
by Nick Dawson on Aug 8, 2013 -
Josh and Benny Safdie Take On the Illegal Wildlife Trade
Directors Josh and Benny Safdie (Daddy Longlegs) take on the illegal wildlife trade in The Trophy Hunter, a PSA made for the Turtle Conservancy and supporting Traffic.org. Here’s how the group describes the video: This year we are sending out a video whose content may be difficult for some viewers. However, the video highlights an important issue: the illegal wildlife trade and its role in the global extinction crisis. This holiday we are supporting TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade-monitoring network (traffic.org). The illegal wildlife trade is the third largest illicit trade after drugs and arms and is responsible for the extinction […]
by Scott Macaulay on Jan 6, 2013 -
RICHARD CURTIS’S EXPLODING CHILDREN FOR CLIMATE CHANGE
Four Weddings and a Funeral director Richard Curtis scripted this commercial promoting a climate change campaign that’s been pulled from theaters in the U.K. due to its…. exploding children. Gillian Anderson did the voiceover, Radiohead provided music, and it also features soccer star Peter Crouch. In their report, The Guardian notes the inspiration of Monty Python, but many people didn’t seem to get the joke. Learn more about the 10:10 campaign that urges people to cut their carbon emissions here.
by Scott Macaulay on Oct 7, 2010
