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B Media jumped into the cultural meme game with a parody of Hitler advocating for fluoride in Portland’s public water system. The debate over fluoridating Portland’s water system will come to a vote this month. Read what the WWeek had to say about the film parody. In terms of fluoridation, B Media’s core beliefs are Read more about Willamette Week Features B Media’s Fluoride Hitler Meme[…]
May Day is a day celebrating workers and immigrant rights, a day for recognizing strength in numbers, and remembering the history of community resistance and labor struggles throughout time. B Media made a short promotional video for the PDX May Day Coalition.
People in Portland, Oregon, have been protecting families from eviction with active community defense since December 2011. This short documentary, made in partnership with We Are Oregon, introduces you to the folks who are committed to housing justice, even if they’re not experiencing eviction themselves. Meet Emily, a 9-month-pregnant woman who is also full-time student, Read more about New Video: Home Defenders[…]
About two years ago, B Media Collective finished our third experimental Variety Show. Variety Tree: Earth Day, Inc. travels through a complex ecosystem of media streams, political landscapes and concrete jungles to explore how corporately fueled consumerism has pushed so many into the cracks on the street and that no matter how much Roundup is Read more about Revisiting Earth Day, Inc.[…]
B Media collaborated with the Portland Solidarity Network on this informational short to raise awareness about wage theft. The Portland Solidarity Network (PDXSol) is an all-volunteer organization devoted to advocating for the rights of workers and tenants. They use direct action to confront individuals, organizations, or corporations responsible for exploiting, harassing, or cheating – in Read more about New video: This is Wage Theft[…]
B Media worked with the Partnership for Safety and Justice to make a short infomercial for their current campaign to minimize juvenile sentencing as adults. Partnership for Safety and Justice works with people convicted of crime, survivors of crime, and the families of both to advocate for policies that make Oregon’s approach to public Read more about New Video: We Deserve Better[…]
This Spring B Media is partnering with PNCA to bring an amazing mash-up video course. From the radical roots of the culture jamming form, to the techniques necessary to do it, students will become political remix video aficionados –and make their own short film throughout the course. This is the last week to sign up Read more about B Media To Teach Remix Course @ PNCA[…]
Since the death of Hugo Chavez, op-eds have been continuing their international mis-communication, while people on the ground have been solidifying their understanding of the revolution. What most outsiders don’t understand about the Bolivarian Revolution, is that it was not about Chavez: while he was fundamental to the revolution, he was most importantly the catalyst Read more about Comandante Hugo Chavez Lives[…]
From March 5th-9th B Media Collective member Tim Rice accompanied the March for One Oregon bus tour through Eastern Oregon, Idaho and Washington, acting as the main videographer documenting the actions along the way and interviewing participants about their reason for being part of the tour. The March for One Oregon was a collaborative effort Read more about Reportback: March for One Oregon Immigrant Rights Tour[…]
With Idle No More in Canada, to resistance to the Tar Sands, to the exploitative coal and LNG proposals all across the US, there is a War on Terra. Rap News sums it all up, once again, in their 17th episode: the War on Terra. Join Robert Foster as he sets out to discover where Read more about Rap News 17: The War on Terra[…]