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Videos

MITTENS No001 re: ending the Iraq War, restoring our economy




type: short
format: video with audio
running time: 1 min 49 sec

summary: While Pinky is busy taking care of wheelchair lady, Bunny built MITTENS so you can have more regular cat-analysis of whatever. Here MITTENS talks about: ending the Iraq War, restoring the economy.

 

The Desert is Quiet


pinky in desert

type: short
format: video with audio
running time: 1 min 50 sec

summary: This is a very short video about being or not being quiet.

 

Re: Structure, Power, & Agency




type: dream
format: video with audio
running time: approx. 26 min 37 sec

summary: Pinky's insomnia has recently been certered around questions of class treason: What happens when we do so many things in our lives 'automatically'? What can we really do to make this world better? And what would we have to give up or risk in order to achieve it? (This video is part of the Class Treason Stories (excerpts) exhibition.)

 

How to Repair the World (WeForest video guest narrated by Pinky)




type: short
format: video with audio
running time: 2 min 59 sec
produced by: We Forest

summary: The people at WeForest.com asked Pinky to do a guest voice over for their video. The video was produced by their organization to use at the United Nations Climate Change Conference Copenhagen (a.k.a. COP15, 2009), to help focus attention to the potential benefits of reforestation using permaculture techniques to fight climate change. Please see Willie Smits TED Conference presentation (just 20 minutes long, it'll probably blow your mind) for an example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vfuCPFb8wk

 

13 Things I Learned at Kahoolawe




type: field trip
format: video with audio
running time: approx. 7 min 5 sec

summary: Kahoolawe may be one of the world's most dangerous places. After 50 years of bombardment by the U.S. military, the island remains littered with unexploded ordinance. So why would Pinky & Bunny want to go there?

 

Do you have anything you want to ask Pinky or Bunny?




type: open call for participation
format: video with audio
running time: approx. 1 min 43 sec

summary: Do you have questions you'd like to ask us? This video was originally only posted on YouTube. You can read the interview (our answers to YouTube people's questions) in the Dialogues section of the archives.

 

Part 3: Hawaii vs. U.S. Imperialism




type: report
format: video with audio
running time: approx. 25 min

summary: Hawaii is the 50th state of the USA, right? (Well, actually "no"...) Pinky zooms through 500 years of the history of imperialism in order to explain why the U.S. has worked so hard to obscure the truth about Hawaii.

 

Pinky Show News Report: The Self-Storage Life




type: report
format: script only; no audio/video
project number: 090313-01

summary: Kim reports on the rapid spread of a very American phenomenon: the self-storage facility.
 

How to Make 1-sheet Mini-Zines




type: instructional video
format: video with audio
running time: approx. 1 min 07 sec.

summary: Step-by-step instructions for you to make your own 1-sheet mini-zine.

 

Encounter on Radical Education: Cats in Slovenia!




type: field trip
format: video with audio
running time: approx. 17 min 24 sec.

summary: Pinky, Bunny, and Daisy visited Slovenia to participate in a series of debates plus an art exhibition on radical education. What did they do? What did they talk about? What did they eat?

 

We Love Museums... Do Museums Love Us Back?




type: a mini-report by Kim
format: video with audio
running time: approx. 7 min 31 sec.

summary: Recently Kim's been obsessing over museums, her new "hobby." Here she reads from her latest report. Mildly unpleasant Dead Pinky Story also included (free poster download below).

 

The War on Drugs: FAIL




type: an interview with Clifford Thornton, Jr.
host: Pinky
format: video with audio
running time: approx. 28 min 23 sec.

summary: Pinky interviews drug policy expert Clifford Thornton: "The War on Drugs has absolutely nothing to do with drugs - it's about power, it's about control, it's about coercion, it's about money."

 

Iraq Under Occupation: Raed Jarrar decodes the misinformation




type: a talk by Raed Jarrar
host: Pinky
format: video with audio
running time: approx. 1 hr 11 min.

summary: Do you really know what is going on in Iraq? Raed Jarrar deconstructs many of the myths surrounding the occupation. Bunny says, "If you watch this video, an hour from now all the news you read in the newspapers or see on TV will suddenly have a very different meaning for you."

 

Global Mind Change, Remixed!




type: short
narrator: Pinky
format: video with audio
running time: approx. 2 min 38 sec.

summary: The planet is drowning in problems, so what to do? Pinky reads you a short passage by Willis Harman; maybe you will feel your brain tilt just a bit. A remix of Sharif Ezzat's Global Mind Change meme.

 

Islands at Risk: Genetic Engineering in Hawaii




type: documentary
format: video with audio
running time: 30 min 31 sec
creators: Na Maka o ka Aina, for Earthjustice

summary: When the biotech industry decides to use the lands and people of Hawaii as its test guinea pig, local farmers, activists, researchers, and others speak out. With a short intro by Pinky.

 

What's Wrong with GMOs?




type: an interview with Jeffrey Smith
host: Pinky
format: audio only
running time: approx. 44 min 09 sec.

summary: By now most people know that GMO stands for Genetically Modified Organisms. But how do GMOs affect us, the food we eat, and the environment? Jeffrey Smith, founder of the Institute for Responsible Technology provides a solid general overview in this interview.

 

Kicking the Apartheid Habit




type: short
narrator: Pinky
format: video with audio
running time: approx. 3 min 30 sec.

summary: A photograph sends Pinky into reflection mode regarding the logic of apartheid. Are we really ready to put discrimination behind us?

 

From Swords into Plowshares




type: field trip
narrator: Pinky
format: video with audio
running time: approx. 2 min 45 sec.

summary: Are those killer whales? Pinky happens across some fins making their way through a lakeside park.

 

Fear, Aggression, & Empire




type: an interview with Dr. Stephen Soldz
host: Pinky
format: audio only
running time: approx. 31 min 15 sec.

summary: What can psychoanalysis teach us about how we Americans understand our place in the world? Dr. Stephen Soldz talks with Pinky about narcissism, projection, and an enormous lost opportunity of our post-Cold War era.

 

How to solve illegal immigration




type: an interview with Daisy
host: Pinky
format: video with audio
running time: approx. 15 min 24 sec.

summary: Illegal Immigration is one of the most divisive issues in America today. Pinky asks Daisy for his take on what's really going on. Added bonus: Daisy tells us how to solve the whole problem in 5 minutes.

 

Americanism: The Movie!




type: open call for participation
narrator: Pinky
format: video with audio
running time: approx. 2 min 30 sec.

summary: Our first experiment in participatory filmmaking, using the YouTube website as a vehicle for communication. Pinky wants to make a movie examining the question: 'What is Americanism?'. Videotape your own response, or interview others! Then upload the video as a 'response video' at the YouTube website. Get involved! We'll put it all together!

 

Cats With Guns




type: video response to e-mail
narrator: Pinky
format: video with audio
running time: approx. 6 min 03 sec.

summary: Someone dislikes one of our t-shirt designs - does the picture promote violence? Does it encourage a re-examination of non-violence? We ask angry viewer to educate us!

 

The Iraq War: Legal or Illegal?




type: report
narrator: Pinky
format: video with audio
running time: approx. 23 min 57 sec.

summary: Pinky wants some answers: Is the U.S.-led invasion and occupation of Iraq legal or illegal? Do any of the charges of illegality we've been hearing about have any legal basis at all? And why should we even care about international law anyway? Pinky and friends do the research and then tell you all the answers!

Warning: This episode contains violent images that may disturb some viewers. Please pre-view and carefully consider the effect on young or sensitive viewers.

 

Banked Into Submission (The Globalizationist's Guide to Developing Poverty)




type: comic
narrator: Pinky
format: video with audio
running time: approx. 3 min 17 sec.

summary: Bunny tells Mimi about how the World Bank and IMF can be used as extremely useful tools for the cultivation of Third Word poverty. Sorry, phrases such as "structural adjustment", "austerity programs", and "conditionalities" are not mentioned in this episode!

 

Defending Globalization (a mission for the educated and enlightened)




type: comic
narrator: Pinky
format: video with audio
running time: approx. 3 min 14 sec.

summary: Bunny and Mimi talk about Globalization again! This time Bunny reveals a secret about how to get First World citizens on the Globalization bandwagon while keeping those pesky Third Worlders in their place.

 

Globalization (and the metaphysics of control in a free market world)




type: comic
narrator: Pinky
format: video with audio
running time: approx. 3 min 02 sec.

summary: Bunny explains to Mimi how to establish and maintain control over others via this (kind of) new thing called globalization. Is globalization the new colonialism? Will Pinky ever get that crayon off her head?

 

27,000 Holocausts




type: an interview with John Burroughs
host: Pinky
format: video with audio
running time: approx. 30 min 02 sec.

summary: Pinky calls up international law expert John Burroughs (Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy) and talks to him about the current state of nuclear weapons: Are they really a threat to the planet? If they're so dangerous, why do we still have them? What does international law have to say about nuclear weapons? How do we go about getting rid of them? How about nuclear power - is that okay?

 

Pinky Show News: Roadkill Report




type: report
format: script only; no audio/video
project number: 070131-01

summary: People in cars are very dangerous to animals, a very angry Bunny reports. WARNING: CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES.
 

Ant: Light Pollution




type: short
narrator: Pinky
format: video with audio
running time: approx. 2 min 55 sec.

summary: The ants' perspective of how human beings have forgotten their place in the universe.

 

Thomas Edison Hates Cats




type: short
narrator: Pinky
format: video with audio
running time: approx. 2 min 36 sec.

summary: The 'War of Currents' and Thomas Edison's hatred of cats.

 

Ehren Watada: a Soldier Refuses an Illegal War




type: a talk by Ehren Watada
host: Pinky
format: video with audio
running time: approx. 38 min 35 sec.

summary: U.S. Army Lieutenant Ehren Watada speaks about his decision to refuse orders to deploy to Iraq. Various points discussed include: historical precedents; the concept of 'wars of aggression' in international law; misinformation, coercion, and the public imagination; the responsibility of the individual regarding matters of war and peace.

 

What is a Crime Against Humanity?




type: an interview with Peter Weiss
host: Pinky
format: video with audio
running time: approx. 18 min 02 sec.

summary: Pinky calls up international law expert Peter Weiss (Center for Constitutional Rights) and asks him "What is a Crime Against Humanity?". Other points of discussion include how a crime against humanity is different from a war crime; the 'superior orders' defense; torture; the International Criminal Court (ICC); the importance of ordinary people taking a stand on matters of international law; more!

 

Scary School Nightmare




type: dream
narrators: Pinky & Ivan Illich
format: video with audio
running time: approx. 5 min 53 sec.

summary: Every night Pinky tries to get some sleep, only to be kept awake by a bizarre school building slideshow. Words by Ivan Illich, author of Deschooling Society.

 

The American War: The U.S. in Vietnam





type: report
narrators: Bunny & Pinky
format: video with audio
running time: approx. 40 min 37 sec.

summary: Pinky & Bunny discuss the origins of the Vietnam War (also known as the 'American War' in Vietnam). The episode is comprised of four short chapters: 1. Misrepresentations. 2. Desire and Struggle: a basic timeline of events. 3. Searching for Reasons. 4. Consequences. *This episode is dedicated to Professor Howard Zinn.

Warning: This episode contains violent images that may disturb some viewers. Please pre-view and carefully consider the effect on young or sensitive viewers.

 

Students Against Rice Eaters




type: short
narrator: Pinky
format: video with audio
running time: approx. 1 min 36 sec.

summary: Pinky tells a story about a smart student who used his knowledge for not so good things.

 

Stupid Toys




type: short
narrator: Pinky
format: video with audio
running time: approx. 2 min 08 sec.

summary: Pinky talks about the stupidest toys she's seen recently.

 

Ant Appeal: "Please Respect All Animals"





type: short
narrator: Pinky
format: video with audio
running time: approx. 2 min 27 sec.

summary: An ant from Pinky's AntFarm™ reads a statement from the rest of the ants.

 

Fabulous Imperialism!: The 1893 Columbian Exposition




type: field trip
tour guide: Pinky
format: video with audio
running time: approx. 14 min 23 sec.

summary: Pinky takes you on a field trip to Chicago, Illinois, in search of the 1893 Columbian Exposition. Included: a brief introduction to this important world's fair at the end of the 19th century; how the fair helped forge a new national identity; the role of the fair in redefining American attitudes toward the rest of the world; relationships between the fair and the development of U.S. imperialism; how the fair disappeared.

 

Crushing by Elephant




type: short
narrator: Pinky
format: video with audio
running time: approx. 1 min 17 sec.

summary: Pinky shares a story she recently heard from her friend Tim. Elephants are scary.

 

Do-It-Yourself Ribbon Stickers




type: short
narrator: Pinky
format: video with audio
running time: approx. 1 min 22 sec.

summary: Those Support Our Troops stickers are everywhere. Make your own!


 

The Pinky Show Trailer


The Pinky Show Trailer

type: trailer
narrator: Pinky
format: video with audio
running time: approx. 2 min 21 sec.

summary: In a nutshell: who we are, where we live, and why we make The Pinky Show.
 

 

How to Spend 1.5 Billion Dollars




type: short
narrator: Pinky
format: video with audio
running time: approx. 1 min 10 sec.

summary: Pinky talks about money and what kind of stuff the government is buying with it.

 

The Health Care Crisis, Part I




type: an interview with Dr. Hui
host: Pinky
format: video with audio
running time: approx. 15 min 30 sec.

summary: Dr. Hui explains what managed care organizations are, and their relationship to the current health care crisis in the U.S.