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  Low Definition Control—Malfunctions #0

  Austria , 2011 , 95 min. We are all potential criminals, according to the experts who analyze the modern surveillance state over the voyeuristic footage of random street activity that make up most of Michael Palm’s documentary. Low Definition Control forces us to consider the implications of relinquishing our privacy... more
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  Missed Connections

  USA , 2010 , 9 min. A charming documentary that traces what happens to the romantics who place entries on Craigslist’s Missed Connections board.... more
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  One. Two. One.

  Iran , 2011 , 79 min. Iranian painter-turned-filmmaker Mania Akbari explores the divide between body and soul against the wholly contemporary background of electronic communication, where love letters are composed on cell phones and close encounters seem far removed for a once-pretty girl who has been disfigured.... more
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  Orbis Minor

  USA , 2010 , 14 min. The effects of technological immersion on humans are contrasted in this experimental film. Through coded imagery, an expansive sound design, and four interviews with members of the Silent, Boomer, and Millennial Gen... more
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  Rocky Flats: Legacy

  USA , 2011 , 22 min. This Colorado documentary is about former Rocky Flats nuclear workers who are fighting for their lives against the government, as well as those who have died waiting for help.... more
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  Small, Beautifully Moving Parts

  USA , 2011 , 73 min. MUST END Thursday May 31st! Digital presentation - Sarah Sparks is a freelance “technologist” who repairs everything from new computers to old-fashioned radios and considers it part of her job to interview strangers in public places about the role technology plays in their lives. When... more
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  Solar Eclipse

  Czech Republic , 2011 , 81 min. Martin Maracek's documentary charts the absurdist collision of European goodwill and Third World improvisation as a pair of frustrated electricians from the Czech Republic try to repair the damage done by locals to a solar-panel system they’d installed a few years earlier in a remote village... more
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  Splitscreen: A Love Story

  United Kingdom , 2011 , 2 min. A man and a woman, thousands of miles apart, share so much in this clever film, shot entirely on a cell phone.... more