caine 's arcade is an 11 minute short documentary film by nirvan mullick released on april 9 , 2012 that featured a cardboard arcade created by then 9-year-old caine monroy out of boxes and everyday objects .

the boy ran his arcade from his father 's used-auto parts store in east los angeles during mid-2011 .

mullick was inspired to make the documentary after unexpectedly coming across the arcade while getting a door-handle for his car .

mullick became caine 's first customer , purchasing a $ 2 fun pass , and decided to make a film about caine 's arcade after witnessing the level of commitment , work , and thought caine had put into the arcade .

after learning he had been caine 's first and only customer , mullick arranged for a surprise flash mob of customers using social media to come play caine 's arcade , which was included as part of the film .

the film , on its release to vimeo , soon became a viral video .

numerous people donated money towards a college fund mullick established for caine .

subsequently , schools around the world have recreated similar cardboard arcades , and the positive response inspired mullick and team to start the imagination foundation , a non-profit aimed at fostering creativity and entrepreneurship in more children across the world .

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caine ' s arcade <EOT> caine’s arcade short film | caine ' s arcade caine’s arcade short film | a boy ' s cardboard arcade that inspired the world .

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“that’s what’s exciting about caine’s story , ” he said . “it’s inviting everybody to play . ”

here’s an interview with nirvan that tells about the great positive impact caine’s arcade is having .

nirvan became caine’s first and only customer , and he loved caine’s arcade . it turned out that nirvan was also a filmmaker , and he came back to ask caine’s dad if he could make a short film about caine’s arcade . it was at that point nirvan learned that he had been caine’s first and only customer . nirvan decided to organize a surprise flash mob of customers to come play caine’s arcade , and make caine’s day .

– nirvan mullick ( director , caine’s arcade / founder , imagination . org )

it’s been just 1 year since we posted caine’s arcade online . what an amazing , life changing year .

mr . mullick is a filmmaker and decided to make a video about caine’s arcade .

please watch the following video to get a better understanding behind caine ' s arcade and it ' s success .

caine ' s arcade is a short film about a 9 year old boy ' s cardboard arcade , located in his dad ' s used auto parts store in east la .

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caine ' s arcade kid - - no more cardboard boxes . . . signs with huge agency

visit caine’s arcade site and enjoy the experience . by the way , caine is 13 now and officially retired from the arcade . how time flies for any entrepreneur .

i do my best to spread the word about caine ' s arcade and the imagination foundation . : ) go , caine !

nirvan mullick is the filmmaker who documented the awesomeness that is caine ' s arcade . if you don ' t yet know about caine ' s arcade , first , have you been under a rock ? ! second , i suggest you watch nirvan ' s short film documenting 9 - year - old caine ' s cardboard arcade right now . nirvan posted the following on facebook , which was then shared by caine ' s arcade on facebook .

well the " c " could be for cardboard and the " a " could be for arcade but the " a " could also be for auto parts cause in his pop ' s shop ' s where it ' s made and the " i " ' s gotta be for imagination of which this kid ' s got a lot and the " n " oughta be for noggin ' where the idea first got thought . . . but then the " e " ( oh yes the e ! ) oh yes the " e " ( oh yes the e ! ) well the " e " ' s gotta be for everybody ( that ' s you and me ! ) cause everybody is who ' s invited to come on down and play if you ' ve got the pluck to try your luck come on down to caine ' s arcade oh caine ' s arcade ( caine ' s arcade ! ) oh caine ' s arcade ( caine ' s arcade ! ) it ' s the best cardboard arcade ever been made ( ever made ! ) so grab yourself a fun pass and y ' all come on down and play if you ' ve got the pluck to try your luck come on down to caine ' s arcade oh caine ' s arcade ( caine ' s arcade ! ) oh caine ' s arcade ( caine ' s arcade ! ) it ' s the best cardboard arcade ever been made ( ever made ! ) everybody is who ' s invited to come on down and play if you ' ve got the pluck to try your luck come on down to caine ' s arcade

the rewards at caine ' s arcade are in the form of prizes that caine buys himself at the 99 cent store , but caine has won more than prizes .

while the exact nature of the caine ' s arcade foundation curriculum is still vague at this juncture , the founders promise more details in the months ahead , along with a second caine ' s arcade video .

looks like caine ' s arcade is closing after all . caine is turning 11 and " retiring " from running his arcade - he is getting ready to start a bike shop ! while the doors of the original caine ' s arcade will be closed , the spirit of the caine ' s arcade story will continue to live on via the global cardboard challenge and imagination foundation programs .

caine ' s arcade video about inventive l . a . boy raises $ 100 , 000 for scholarship fund

meet caine monroy . he is nine years old and he spent his summer break last year meticulously building a makeshift arcade—appropriately named " caine’s arcade " — made out of cardboard boxes in his dad’s auto part store .

a fairytale ending shows dreams really can come true , even in used auto part stores . the fairytale continues off - camera , where caine’s arcade has become an internet phenomenon . at the time of writing the caine’s arcade website has raised over $ 75 , 000 towards caine’s scholarship fund .

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caine’s arcade ( located inside smart parts aftermarket ) , 538 n . mission rd , boyle heights , ca 90033

we’re having a big birthday party for caine at his arcade this saturday , and you’re invited ! rsvp for caine’s bday on facebook and share with friends .

in 2012 , nirvan mullick , created a short documentary based on caine ' s arcade . it went viral and caine became an inspiration to the nation .

p . s . hours at caine’s arcade for this saturday will be 9am – 6pm . cake at 1pm . juli crockett will be singing the caine’s arcade theme song around 1 . we’re also doing an octocopter shot for the imagination foundation’s global cardboard challenge launch film at around 6pm . details and rsvp on facebook .

nirvan was so impressed by caine’s carefully constructed arcade that he decided to make a film about it . according to caine’s father , george monroy , he had spent at least a year working on his " arcade " . the purpose of the short film shifted when nirvan learned that he was caine’s first and only customer .

they found caine’s facebook page and shared the video with caine , whose site in return put out a call to anyone with a creation they wanted to share . nbc picked up on “caine’s arcade” and included jojo’s gum - ball creation in a thursday - evening news segment .

the arcade caught mullick’s imagination . he decided to make a film about caine’s summer project , and in secret he planned a street party big enough to give caine all the customers he’d been waiting for .

5 months after caine ' s arcade , here is the followup film , inspired by the response of kids around the world .

so , this blurry photo of president clinton with the original caine’s arcade funpass comes with a funny story i wanted to share .

it ' s a little boy ' s dream built in cardboard and tape .

in august of 2013 , on caine’s 11th birthday , caine retired from running his arcade full - time . but the spirit of caine’s arcade lives on via our imagination foundation and our global cardboard challenge . our goal is to engage over 1 million kids in creative play each year . help bring this to kids in your community by taking and sharing the challenge : urltoken and continuing to share caine’s arcade part 1 & 2 !

9 - year - old caine monroy spent his summer vacation building an elaborate cardboard arcade inside his dad’s used auto parts store . the entire summer went by , and he never had a single customer . but caine didn’t give up . then , on the last day of summer , filmmaker nirvan mullick walked in by chance to buy an auto part for his car . caine asked nirvan to play , and , well , watch caine’s arcade and caine’s arcade 2 to see what happened next…

it’s been 4 years since posting the caine’s arcade video online ! caine is now 13 years old ( and tall enough to ride the fast go karts ! ) – and so much has continued to grow out of the caine’s arcade story . if you have watched or shared the video , then you are a part of the impact the story has had .

we recently passed the 5 year anniversary since the caine’s arcade short film was posted , and a lot of great things continue to happen .

yes , as of august 4th , caine ' s arcade will be closed . our imagination foundation is still interested in developing a boyle heights community makerspace for kids inspired by the spirit of caine ' s arcade , but it will take more time to figure out the logistics .

let’s hope the newfound fame doesn’t change caine’s humble heart because unlike many children his age , he still loves using his imagination .

on saturday , " caine ' s arcade " in boyle heights will be the center of a worldwide event , inspired by a cardboard arcade built by caine monroy ' s . lolita lopez reports for the nbc4 news at 5 p . m . on oct . 5 , 2012 .

“at that point we hatched a plan to get everybody in l . a . to come play caine’s arcade , ” mr . mullick says .

this is the theme song from the short film " caine ' s arcade " directed by nirvan mullick . 100 % of proceeds from these song sales go to the caine ' s arcade foundation , so pay what you like ! see the film here : urltoken learn more at : urltoken

reddit – reddit , here is the short film about caine ' s diy cardboard arcade and his reaction to our surprise flashmob of customers . thanks for helping make this kid ' s day !

thanks so much lisa ! there are so many creative kids like caine . our goal with the imagination foundation and our caine ' s arcade cardboard challenge is to foster and celebrate the creativity of kids like caine everywhere . : - )

i love the caine ' s arcade story and the imagination foundation is awesome . i have a son named caine and hopefully his son , jack danger will do great things with his imagination .

nirvan changes caine’s life by validating that kind of entrepreneurial spirit and creativity . the second movie , shows the evolution of caine’s arcade from an event to a movement , creating a scholarship fund for caine , a foundation for making called the imagination foundation and an annual global cardboard challenge .

conduct background research on caine ' s arcade and other homemade arcade games that have been created . gather as much information about what is required to design and construct an entertaining arcade venue . as well attention needs to be place on how to run a successful carnival .

" letting tears fall with 750 educators as we watch caine ' s arcade together . . . the highlight of # iesonoma for me ! " -

the imagination foundation is a non - profit we started after caine ' s arcade went viral . watch " caine ' s arcade 2 " to learn more about it : urltoken the goal of the imagination foundation is to foster creativity and entrepreneurship in more kids . learn more about the imagination foundation here :

i read sec documents like it ' s my job . because it ' s my job .

according to a caine ' s arcade foundation press release , teachers were among the first to respond to the video , developing caine’s arcade programs in their classrooms and sharing results with the caine’s arcade team in la . the caine’s arcade foundation team told me they are now developing an educational program that will serve as a free tool to both teachers and parents of school - aged children , working with teachers and parents through their “pilot program for inspired teachers” to develop curriculum that it will launch on an interactive wiki site this fall . according to a foundation representative , more than 30 classrooms in five countries are currently using the caine’s arcade curriculum during the “beta testing” phrase , helping to encourage students to actively take part in classroom activities as well as reinvigorate lesson plans for teachers .

the caine’s arcade challenge will provide thousands of children in los angeles a crash course in creativity and social entrepreneurship . 500 teachers will learn effective project - based learning inspired by the caine’s arcade story , and thousands of members of the los angeles community will come out to play at cardboard arcades built by kids .

this efl lesson is designed around a beautiful short documentary film called caine’s arcade directed by nirvan mullick and the themes of childhood games , creativity and imagination .

1 . caine ' s fav game he made : claw machine . 2 . caine is retired now , but used to run his arcade on weekends , usually from 9am to 3pm . 3 . caine made 4 games originally , and a lot more since . * caine answered more kid faqs on

last october , he did both : parts of caine’s move quickly went viral on the web .

step 6 give your students the short article lessons from caine’s arcade . ask them to read the article , discuss the lessons and compare them with their own .

inspired by the global response to our ‘caine’s arcade’ short film , 2 days after the film went viral we decided to try and start a non - profit to foster the creativity of more kids like caine .

i ' m in austin for sxsw to speak on a panel tomorrow about the impact short docs like caine’s arcade can have online . what ' s funny is that a year ago , before i posted the caine ' s arcade online , i had submitted a roughcut to the sxsw film festival . however , like most films entered to sxsw , my film was rejected .

a scholarship fund has been created online and caine arcade website , facebook and twitter pages gained thousands of followers .

caine may continue to do special pop - up events with his arcade , but won ' t have regular hours , and the arcade will no longer be at smart parts . the spirit of the caine ' s arcade will also continue to live on via our global cardboard challenge and imagination foundation programs . our 2nd cardboard challenge aims to have 1 million kids participating in 70 countries around the world . you can help bring the spirit of caine ' s arcade to kids in your community here : urltoken

however , his dad’s auto part store ( located in an industrial part of boyle heights ) received very little foot traffic , so caine’s chances of getting a customer were very small , and the few walk - in customers that came through were always in too much of a hurry to get their auto part to stop to play caine’s arcade . caine never had a single customer , but caine never gave up .

caine monroy , 9 , in the arcade he created in his father’s auto parts shop in los angeles . a film about the boy has become an internet sensation .

10 , 000 children in los angeles will start their 2013 school year by participating in the caine’s arcade challenge . hosted by the imagination foundation and inspired by the short film , “caine’s arcade , ” this challenge will foster creativity and celebrate the imagination of children by inviting elementary and middle school - aged youth to design and build fun and engaging arcade games made from cardboard , recycled materials and imagination .

thanks ! i wish i could vote for more of these projects as well . please join us in bringing the caine ' s arcade cardboard challenge to your community : urltoken

caine’s arcade was a collaboration between our friends who volunteered time and talent , as well as all of the folks online ( especially reddit and hiddden la ) who got behind the idea of helping to make caine’s day . big thanks to e veryone who helped ! see film credits

the film went viral immediately . caine ' s arcade received over 1 million views the first day , trended worldwide on twitter and raised over $ 60 , 000 for caine ' s scholarship fund ( in the first 24 hours ) - - far surpassing my $ 25 , 000 goal . to date , over $ 239 , 000 has been raised for caine ' s scholarship ( ! ) , over 8 million people have seen the film online ( including president clinton ' s security guard , who cried ) and tens - of - thousands of people have traveled to boyle heights to play caine ' s arcade .

that ' s fantastic news . we are excited to work with you this year ! shortly , participants in the caine ' s arcade / global cardboard challenge will be able to register with us online . stay tuned for that !

caine ' s arcade became a destination spot after a film made about his handmade games went viral . since april 2012 , the video has more than 7 million online views .

caine monroy , who started and manages his own arcade out of his father ' s auto shop , spoke to a business class wednesday night . - ani kolangian | daily trojan

in 2011 , at the age of 9 , caine monroy spent his summer vacation building an elaborate diy cardboard arcade in his dad’s used auto parts store in east los angeles .

give people inspiration – part of the effect has been kids around the world building there own cardboard arcades , which are constantly being featured on the caine’s arcade facebook page etc .

words can’t describe caine’s response – so watch the film . after the flashmob , caine told his dad that that was the best day of his whole life .

caine has inspired so many with his wonderful arcade , i can ' t wait to see what he will do next .

on the last day of summer filmmaker nirvan mullick visited an autopart’s shop and discovered a 9 year old boy , caine monroy , and his arcade completely made out of cardboard . as caine’s first customer , nirvan took it upon himself to share this creative boy’s passion by gathering a flashmob at the shop . on april 9th 2012 nirvan posted a

the short film about caine monroy , an east los angeles boy who spent his summer constructing a cardboard game arcade in his father’s auto parts shop , has won millions of fans .

on the last day of summer , through a chance encounter , filmmaker nirvan mullick met caine monroy , a 9 - year - old boy who built an elaborate cardboard arcade inside his dad’s east la auto parts shop . nirvan was caine’s first customer . amazed by the boy’s creativity , nirvan organized a flash mob of customers to surprise caine and make his day . then he made a film about it .

now , marketing maestro nirvan mullic k , caine’s first customer and creator of the viral sensation , has started the caine arcade scholarship fund to not only help send caine monroy to college but also " find , foster and fund creativity and entrepreneurship in other kids . " the caine’s arcade foundation has already raised more than $ 200 , 000 for the scholarship fund . moreover , the goldhirsh foundation has pledged a $ 250 , 000 dollar - for - dollar matching challenge grant .

caine ' s arcade is a short documentary film by los angeles - based filmmaker nirvan mullick about a handmade cardboard arcade run by then nine - year - old boy caine monroy . the film focuses on highlighting caine ' s imaginative creations through interviews with the boy and his father , as well a flash mob event that mullick himself had organized for the arcade in october 2011 . upon its release in april 2012 , the documentary gained more than 2 . 5 million views within the first 72 hours and raised more than $ 150 , 000 dollars for caine ' s college fund over the span of a week .

" many great lessons from caine ' s arcade . one of our favs : do not give up ! thanks @ nirvan for sharing your great story with us . # galloignites " -

two years after building caine ' s arcade in his father ' s autoshop in boyle heights and thousands of visitors later , the 10 - year - old is shutting down his operation and embarking on a new entrepreneurial adventure : a bicycle shop .

caine’s dad agreed to take his son out for pizza to give the flashmob time to gather and construct colourful signs .

soon , a flash mob was created . hundreds came to play at the arcade , surprising caine with what he dreamed of most .

caine sits outside his arcade waiting for customers . anyone can play for as little as a nickel . but no one wants to .

months after a film of his creation went viral , caine monroy ' s cardboard arcade is inspiring students and teachers , and attracting celebrities , like jack black . the 9 year old built caine ' s arcade in his dad ' s boyle heights auto shop and raised more than $ 250 , 000 toward college and foundations that foster kids ' creativity . lolita lopez reports for the nbc4 news at 11 p . m . on june 26 , 2012 .

the 9 - year - old boy from los angeles spent an entire summer building an elaborate arcade inside his father’s used auto parts shop .

fast forward to tuesday night , when the 10 - minute short film , " caine’s arcade " , was released and made an immediated impression ( viewed over 325 , 000 times on vimeo ) .

there ' s not much foot traffic along the industrial strip where his dad ' s store has been for three decades .

caine monroy , the 9 - year - old creator of caine ' s arcade , had the simplest explanation on monday for how to be a successful entrepreneur and marketer , when he became the youngest speaker ever in the history of the cannes lions festival .

this huffington post article , captures some of the most important changes that came about because of caine’s arcade . “the impact on caine has been profound . caine’s dad told me that before the film , caine was behind in reading and that his school considered him “slow” and wanted to hold him back a year . after the film , caine became a poster child for gifted children everywhere — his grades improved and he even stopped stuttering . caine began to refer to himself as an engineer and a game designer . ” ( huffington post , june 9 , 2014 )

the 37 - year old filmmaker knew he had to tell caine ' s story , and get people in the door .

caine’s arcade is the true story of cain monroy , a 9 year old boy who has built his own arcade out of cardboard . caine monroy lives in a working class area of los angeles . his father has a used auto parts store . it’s not the safest area of la and the auto parts store does most of its business online . in 2011 , caine spent his summer days in his dad”s store . at first , he busied himself by helping with the inventory . soon , he started using the empty boxes to build an arcade game . after awhile , his arcade took up most of the lobby . caine made himself a shirt , worked out a system for keeping track of tickets , and continued to build his arcade . he devised a crane . he devised a point system and prizes to be won .

caine’s arcade is a short film about a 9 year old boy’s cardboard arcade , and his dream of having customers . the 11 minute short film became a global phenomenon in 2012 , with over 10 million views online . it received international media attention and was added to moma’s permanent collection . the filmmaker , nirvan mullick , set up a scholarship fund for caine as part of the film . to date , over $ 240 , 000 has been donated for caine to go to college . tens - of - thousands of customers visited caine’s arcade to play , and kids around the world began making their own cardboard arcades . shortly after posting the film , nirvan founded a non - profit called urltoken which launched a global cardboard challenge to foster kid creativity worldwide .

the closing of the arcade at 538 n . mission rd . on aug . 3 will also be a celebration of caine ' s birthday . however , while he may be off to junior high and starting work on his other project , the arcade and its inspiration will live on . it will become a traveling arcade in a partnership with toms shoes , his father said .

today marks 2 years since i posted a short film online about a then 9 year old boy named caine monroy ' s cardboard arcade . i wanted to share some of the good things that have happened since .

mullick decided to plan a flash mob to bring customers to monroy’s arcade . he made a facebook event , and eventually , monroy’s story appeared on the homepage of the content - sharing website reddit . the success of the flash mob and monroy’s business became the premise of his film .

did you know that this movie sparked a huge international creativity movement ? anyone interested in doing some seriously cool follow up activities to this video should check out the caine’s arcade facebook pages and cardboardchallenge . com , it’s a really beautiful story and can lead into lots of interesting discussions 🙂

the cardboard challenge also marks the launch of the imagination foundation , a new non - profit which we formed after caine ' s arcade with the mission to find , foster , and fund creativity and entrepreneurship in more kids . we ' re putting together project based learning curriculum and working to build imagination maker spaces for kids - - the first of which we want to build in the boyle heights community near caine ' s arcade .

caine monroy spent last summer building a makeshift arcade out of cardboard boxes in smart parts aftermarket at 538 n . mission rd . in boyle heights .

the challenge is designed as follows : - a 2 - 4 week project - based learning curriculum , conducted in the month of september , derived from the “caine’s arcade” short film , and aimed at fostering creative thinking and social entrepreneurship . - field trips to the caine’s arcade site in boyle heights to enhance the learning experience and inspire participants . - the “day of play” on october 5 when children will operate their cardboard arcades and raise money for various local causes . - professional development for teacher participants during august . - a caine’s arcade community website will showcase the challenges , locate the arcades , and capture an expansive catalogue of content uploaded by challenge participants .

the story of caine’s arcade , mentioned before in this blog , is the story of true making and playing . bringing this playful atmosphere into your classroom can be a real bonus hands - on experience for your students .

in expanding a business empire , being able to communicate passion and vision is key . nirvan , caine ' s first customer , was enthralled by caine ' s enthusiasm . so he made a video . then he invited all of l . a . to the arcade . by sheer force of personality and energy , caine drew others to his cause . in the future , that will attract talent - - and cash .

caine monroy , the imaginitive young boy whose cardboard arcade made him an instant internet sensation , is growing up , and apparently so is his business savvy .

caine and i went to france to speak at the canne’s lions international festival of creativity ( caine was the youngest speaker ever at canne’s lions ! ) . on the flight back to los angeles , i asked caine to reflect on some of the things he learned . he didn’t have anything to write on , so he wrote this list on the air france barf bag called “what did caine learn . ” photo of the barf bag below – check out what caine underlined .

based on the attention the film has been receiving , nirvan decided to add a donation box for a scholarship fund on the " caine’s arcade " website : " chip in $ 1 or more to help caine to go to college . imagine what this kid could build with an engineering degree ! " nirvan’s original goal was $ 25 , 000 , but since the film was released , caine has received over $ 65 , 000 .

short film about a young boy ' s cardboard arcade in a used auto shop that launched a global movement for kid creativity . # cardboardchallenge @ imagination @ nirvan

caine ' s story is great . but what really thrills me is seeing the thousands of other children who have been inspired by him .

but “caine’s arcade , ” an 11 - minute film that has already won millions of fans , is garnering a somewhat different response . as filmmaker nirvan mullick says , “this is the video that is making grown men cry . ”

“he built . . this elaborate arcade world without having any customers , just with that sense that if you build it they will come , " says filmmaker nirvan mullick , whose video of caine monroy’s all - cardboard arcade has gone viral . the 9 - year - old’s achievement - - at his father ' s auto parts business in boyle heights - - has inspired the creation of a college fund for more than $ 80 , 000 . nbc4 ' s lolita lopez reports from los angeles . ( published thursday , april 12 , 2012 )

caine monroy is a 9 - year - old boy from east l . a . in the summer , he hangs out at his dad’s workplace , a used auto parts shop . to amuse himself while there , caine often played with cardboard boxes at the shop . one day , caine decided to do more than just play……he started to build . out of the boxes , caine built and built , until he had created a cardboard arcade !

the response didn ' t stop there . a community of over 130 , 000 people connected to caine ' s arcade on facebook , and parents started to share photos of new cardboard games that their kids made after watching the film .

tens - of - thousands of people from around the world visited caine’s arcade after the film went viral . caine and nirvan began being invited to travel around the world to share their story . caine became the youngest entrepreneur to speak at the usc marshall school of business . he traveled to france , where caine became the youngest ever speaker at the cannes lions international festival of creativity , and he was flown to sacramento where caine received the latino spirit award from the california state assembly . his arcade has been exhibited in the exploratorium and hammer museums , and the film was purchased as part of moma’s permanent collection . caine and nirvan have spoken at several tedx events , caine spoke solo at tedxteen in ny , and caine and nirvan gave a google artist talk . after giving a talk together in colorado at the coin summit , caine was offered a full scholarship to colorado state university school of business by the csu’s dean , as well as a free trip to outer space ! caine has also been invited to the white house to meet the president and take part in the white house maker faire !

caine loved arcades , and dreamed of the day he would have lots of customers come play . he spent months building and preparing his arcade , perfecting his game design , making displays for prizes ( his toy cars ) , designing elaborate security systems for his fun pass , making his own caine’s arcade staff shirt , and even hand labeling paper - lunch - bags for customers to carry home prizes .

the impact on caine has been profound . caine ' s dad told me that before the film , caine was behind in reading and that his school considered him " slow " and wanted to hold him back a year . after the film , caine became a poster child for gifted children everywhere - - his grades improved and he even stopped stuttering . caine began to refer to himself as an engineer and a game designer .

last weekend , the three stars of “caine’s arcade” visited the san francisco bay area for their first road show of sorts , since the film hit the web . the exploratorium , an interactive science museum , sent a seventy - foot semitrailer to smart parts to retrieve caine’s cardboard arcade for a one - day exhibition , called “open make : trash . ” the night before the event , after closing time , caine set up the arcade with the help of volunteers , and ran around the place as though he was the museum’s v . i . p . , which he was . “this is the coolest museum i have ever seen ! ” he noted from the back of a cart in which he was chauffeured .

that is , until film maker nirvan mullick needs a new door handle for his ‘96 corolla . pulling into monroy’s auto parts store , he finds an elaborate cardboard arcade .

maybe you ' ve heard . out in east l . a . , there ' s a kid named caine monroy . he made an arcade in his dad ' s auto parts store . out of cardboard boxes . if you haven ' t already , you need to check out this video that details his saga .

caine ' s arcade inspiration and cardboard to engage refugee children in a camp in switzerland . they went from " out of their minds with boredom " to bright eyed enthusiasm and busy creativity in a matter of minutes . . . . . .

sometime in 2011 , nine - year - old caine monroy built an arcade out of cardboard boxes and other assorted everyday objects in his father ' s auto parts store in los angeles . in august , filmmaker nirvan mullick [ 2 ] came across caine ' s diligently run arcade while seeking a door handle for his car . he spent half an hour playing the home made games including mini - soccer and mini - basketball and later uploaded a cell phone video of his experience to youtube .

i went to get my car fixed and met this 9 year old kid who built a cardboard arcade in his dad ' s auto shop : urltoken * updates : thank you everyone who chipped in to caine ' s scholarship fund ! over $ 240 , 000 has been raised for caine ! ! ! we also started a non - profit called urltoken and a global cardboard challenge to foster the creativity of more kids ( watch " caine ' s arcade 2 " on youtube to see the launch ) . over 1 million kids in 80 countries have since taken our global cardboard challenge , and we support 150 + imagination chapters in 20 + countries . join us : urltoken urltoken watch " caine ' s arcade 2 : from a movie to a movement " : urltoken speaking and team building : want us to do a screening , speak at your event , or do a super fun creative team building activity ? we ' ve done events for thousands of educators , entrepreneurs , kids , and more . learn more : urltoken / speaking + urltoken . . . . . . . . . a film by nirvan mullick urltoken facebook : urltoken urltoken urltoken twitter : urltoken urltoken urltoken instagram : urltoken urltoken urltoken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . music : " caine ' s arcade " theme song by juli crockett : urltoken caine ' s arcade theme song on itunes ! urltoken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . thank you for sharing caine ' s arcade ! always buy the funpass ! : - )

* * since launching the imagination foundation , the impact has continued to grow . 5 months after caine ' s arcade was posted online , we made " caine ' s arcade 2 " follow up film to launch our 1st global cardboard challenge ; 3 weeks after that video , over 270 challenges were organized in 41 countries with over 10 , 000 participants ! this year , we’re looking to scale our global cardboard challenge with a goal of 250 , 000 participants in 70 countries . join us !

this is a cool idea , and i was also inspired by caine ' s arcade . but why restrict the creativity to arcade games and why limited to cardboard ? why not allow the kids re - imagine any number of things in cardboard or other found objects ? why restrict kids ' imagination to force it to replicate one really creative idea ?

meanwhile , monroy’s nine - year - old son caine is hard at work . caine loves tickets , prizes and taking his toys apart . so when he has to spend a summer at his dad’s store , he puts his passions to good use , building an arcade out of used cardboard , old calculators , and a thrown out cash register . he donates his own hot wheels toys as prizes .

a 9 - year - old boy who built an elaborate cardboard arcade in his dad ' s used auto parts store is about to have the best day of his life .

the imagination foundation , which spawned from caine ' s arcade , will have another global day of play on oct . 5 . the goal is to engage 1 million kids in 70 countries in creative play and provide curriculum to schools around the world .

caine has become a hero of sorts to the underdog of learners who finds a way to exercise his potential in ways a school could not even imagine . wouldn’t it be wonderful to present some learning opportunities like caine’s arcade to students in every classroom ? we may be able to unlock so much potential in so many students .

two weeks ago , the planet’s most unlikely film star turned from a ugandan warlord to a nine - year - old kid who runs a homemade cardboard arcade out of his dad’s used - auto - parts store , smart parts , in east los angeles . invisible children to a child’s imagination : the world could smile again . “caine’s arcade , ” an eleven - minute film about caine monroy and his first customer , a struggling filmmaker named nirvan mullick , quickly acquired all the metrics of a viral sensation : millions of youtube views , a top trending topic on twitter worldwide , the reddit front page , a call from letterman’s people . the adulations flooded mullick’s inbox , including one from the hacker collective anonymous : “i commend you for your great work . you should be proud , ” the e - mail read .

“it’s cool , ” caine said , standing amid his games , seeming both enchanted and unfazed by his sudden fame . “i have more customers now . ”

caine ' s father said they constantly receive visitors , and the college scholarship fund created for his son now stands at more than $ 236 , 000 .

“i asked caine how much to play . he’s like for one dollar you get four turns . but for two dollars you get a fun pass . ”

with the headline : a boy’s fast fame , built of cardboard and tape .

reddit – reddit : i met a 9 year old kid in east la who created an elaborate diy cardboard arcade using boxes in his dad ' s used auto parts store . unfortunately , no one has come to play it . so this sunday , i ' m inviting the internet to help make caine ' s day ( flashmob style ) .

the roughly 10 - minute film , which now has more than 7 million views online , outlines monroy’s journey to success . he set up the cardboard arcade outside his father’s shop in june where he sat outside every day waiting for customers . finally , in august , mullick walked into the shop to get his car fixed and became monroy’s first customer .

interview with channel 7 , the local abc affiliate . the director richard linklater was there to promote his new film “bernie , ” and told caine that he was a big fan of the arcade . the nine - year - old shrugged . ( word that another unknown , oprah , had posted about the arcade on her facebook page had prompted a similar reaction from the boy , although justin timberlake’s tweeting that caine was his “new favorite entrepreneur” generated more of a response—at least caine had heard of the guy . ) linklater was bumped to a later slot , and america’s most famous arcade proprietor was squeezed in , awkwardly , after a segment about april 20th as “weed day . ” “not ideal , ” mullick remarked .

business is tough for george monroy’s used auto parts store in east la . passing trade has slowed to a trickle , so he’s turned to ebay to boost sales .

caine is growing up , he is turning 11 and like many kids his age , caine ' s interests are evolving . managing the arcade on a consistant schedule , with hundreds of visitors every weekend , has become too much work . . . yes , caine is getting too many customers ! so caine is " retiring " so he can focus on his new passion ( starting a bike shop ) , and also get ready for school ( junior high ! ) . we put " retiring " in quotes , because really caine will remain hard at work / play in many ways . we love that caine is continuing to follow his passions and continuing to grow !

caine is now 11 and is in middle school . he is doing great !

monroy said that his idea for the arcade came when his father was throwing away boxes at his business .

“i have like three friends on my facebook . [ caine ] has 107 , 000 , ” george monroy said . “he’s making more money than i am . ”

monroy’s father said he has learned about the power of the internet from the experience .

this is a story of how a child’s ingenuity created hope and smiles at a time when a lagging economy has made things tough for everyone . it’s due to hit a million views on vimeo in just two days – and it’s easy to see why .

we made a followup video – “caine’s arcade 2” – which launched our first global cardboard challenge that has since engaged nearly 1 million kids in 80 countries in creative play . the event continues to grow , and culminates in a “global day of play” on the anniversary of the flashmob we did for caine in early october . learn more and take part : urltoken

caine is still a regular kid who loves to work on his bike , play basketball and build things . on his 11th birthday , caine officially " retired " from running his arcade to focus on middle school and his next big dream - - starting a bike shop .

as a large - scale community event , the caine’s arcade challenge will engage numerous stakeholders , including schools , districts , charter management organizations , community groups , colleges and universities , businesses , nonprofit organizations , government and elected offices , and general members of the los angeles community .

during the month of september , children participating in the caine’s arcade challenge will design and build cardboard arcades in schools all over the southland ; then on october 5th , commemorating the flashmob that came out to make caine’s day in the short film , communities will come together and play . on this day , the “day of play , ” children will operate their arcades to raise money to support various local causes , practicing the value of social entrepreneurship . and adults will learn the simple things they can do to foster a child’s creativity .

built by a 9 - year - old boy in his dad’s used car parts store in east los angeles , spread like a california wildfire , spawning hundreds of “response” photos , emails , letters , and youtube videos , including jack black ' s kids contructing their own cardboard arcade .

the event is captured in two youtube movies that capture exactly what it means to be a nine - year - old inventor . the first movie , by nirvan mullick , traces the cardboard arcade designed by caine monroy in the front part of his dad’s auto parts shop in 2012 .

after the talk , caine was asked what he wants to do next , and shared that he wants to be an engineer or a game designer . what caine wasn’t expecting was a surprise announcement from ea sports , who offered caine a week of mentorship this summer with their top game designers , where caine will learn coding and game design !

caine is an inspiration and his story a joy to follow . i would love to see more children given a way to get involved . good luck caine and team .

caine is a true inspiration . i share his story with everyone i can . he

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i love how caine is aspiring so many children word wide to use their imagination .

an assessment administered by teachers through a short online question bank will measure the proficiency of student participants with regard to appropriate common core standards outlined in the caine’s arcade curriculum , as well as unique standards that demonstrate an increase in creative thinking , social emotional learning , and attitudes toward school .

the film went public on tuesday , when they earned about $ 50 , 000 for caine’s college fund . by wednesday , fans had donated more than $ 80 , 000 .

there ' s a lot going on here . for one , caine clearly has a heart of gold , and it shines through in this video . but it ' s also a stunning portrayal of a young entrepreneur in action . where the layman sees a pile of beat up cardboard boxes and old toys , caine sees an arcade . his sheer inventiveness captured the imagination of dozens of folks in the forbes offices ( and , as the youtube ticker indicates , plenty of others throughout the world ) . but you don ' t need to report on billionaire entrepreneurs to see that caine exhibits the best traits of the best ones . here ' s why we expect to find caine on our list a few decades down the road :

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today’s post is not about old schools but about an event that the whole maker world took note of in 2012 that changed the way people thought about at least one boy’s education .

within 5 days , over 5 million people had seen the film , over $ 150 , 000 was raised for caine , and we received a $ 250 , 000 grant to start the imagination foundation . * * best of all , one - thousand people spontaneously came out to play at caine’s arcade the first saturday after the film was posted . it felt like a fairytale .


boat people ( chinese : 投奔怒海 ; pinyin : tóubēn nù hăi ; cantonese yale : tau ban no hoi ; literally : " into the raging sea " ) is a hong kong film directed by ann hui , first shown in theatres in 1982 .

the film stars george lam , andy lau , cora miao , and season ma .

at the second hong kong film awards , boat people won awards for best picture , best director , best new performer , best screenplay , and best art direction .

it was also screened out of competition at the 1983 cannes film festival .

in 2005 , at the 24th hong kong film awards , boat people was ranked 8th in the list of 103 best chinese-language films in the past 100 years .

boat people was the last film in hui 's " vietnam trilogy " .

it recounts the plight of the vietnamese people after the communist takeover following the fall of saigon ending the vietnam war .

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boat people ( film ) <EOT> boat people was commissioned by whitstable biennale 2016 . boat people won best experimental documentray film at jihlava idff 2017 .

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this week . boat people at the the film society of minneapolis - st . paul and at the the newport beach film festival thanks for having us !

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bart testa examined ann hui ' s politically - engaged boat people , and its key contribution to the emergence of the hong kong new wave .

family to escape by boat . and so we created the fictional japanese reporter ,

“i am hopeful it will inspire people who are interested to look into the stories of the real people who were actually there . ”

in the short clip people of nowhere , lior sperandeo , who previously directed the series people of mumbai , people of nepal and people of senegal looks at the human consequences of the syrian conflict and the resulting populations’ displacements . the video compiles images of the people he met and the scenes he shot on the greek island of lesbos .

" but we went anyway . i tried to keep boat people a secret before the shoot , and it created a hell of a lot of trouble for

which romped through the international festival circuits in 1979 and 1980 . she followed those in 1981 with her first " boat person " film ,

the florida fish and wildlife conservation commission has identified suspects in a disturbing video showing a group of individuals dragging a shark behind a boat at high speed , people confirms .

you said people could compare once to the commitments , but people have also compared once to everything you’ve done since . do you feel a pressure from that ?

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boat people is an essay film that explores this question . taking as its starting point the historic version of britain as an island and seafaring nation the film counterpoints the surety of this assertion of identity with the contingency of movement . this movement isn’t only human . boat people is also a questioning of the role the moving image itself plays in the representation of human movement and the migration of ideas . just as the invention of the telescopic lens brought near and far together for the very first time , boat people is about the way in the twenty - first century the near and far are mediated and transformed by the new ‘perception accelerator’ , the digital image .

a boat carrying migrants enters the port of lampedusa . photograph : filippo monteforte / afp / getty images

courtney b . vance , the people v . o . j simpson ( fx )

, but it’s important for people to understand what is happening to us and why .

and my crew . we all have to continue working in the hong kong industry . some directors backed away from boat people , but i didn ' t , because i felt that it was a film i simply must make , whatever the personal cost . otherwise i would not be able to develop as a filmmaker . "

" so i ' m not damning the country forever . it ' s just that i am trying to explain this particular phenomenon of the boat people and their fleeing from the country , and to make people understand why they flee . and that has the immediate effect of making the hong kong people much more sympathetic . so it ' s a positive film rather than a negative . negative is the very last thing i want . "

at about 1 : 03 : 36 , you can see the shadow of the camera on the boat .

prior to a screening of ann hui ' s 1982 masterpiece boat people , bart testa , senior lecturer at the cinema studies institute , innis college , university of toronto , discussed the film ' s status as a key work in the hong kong new wave . frequently cited by both critics and audiences as one of the best hong kong films of all time , boat people was an integral component of the a century of chinese cinema programme at tiff bell lightbox .

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the clashes left more than 90 people dead on all sides , but mostly red civilians .

watch the full seeking refuge series of real life stories of young people fleeing their homelands .

" ( clouston ) has an incredible story we could not do justice to in the film , " nolan says . " i am hopeful it will inspire people who are interested to look into the stories of the real people who were actually there . "

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i was impressed by ann hui ' s masterwork boat people ( 1982 ) , which cast a critical eye on vietnam after its victory over the americans in their revolutionary war in which the communist came out on top . in this film a japanese photographer , who had a previous earlier successful experience in the country documenting the country ' s early independence , . when he returns the endless successive tragedies of the people he meets builds to a final tragedy while a young girl and her younger brother whom he befriends manages to escape as " boat people " at the end of the film . apparently , hui had directed a tv series episode about vietnam and two earlier films . it almost seems as if the film was anti - propaganda about…

based on the true story of two scuba divers accidentally stranded in shark infested waters after their tour boat has left .

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the golden era dominated the 34 th hong kong film awards with five wins , including best film , best director , best cinematography and best art direction .

“it’s very interesting to see how political pressure can change the interpretation of the film itself , ” rosi continues . “nobody talks about the kid any more – and the kid is like 80 % of the movie . the doctor is only 20 % of the film , and people only talk about the doctor . people somehow grab what they can , and make their own conclusion . that’s fine – the film doesn’t belong to me . after the film is finished , the film belongs to the audience , it belongs to the public , it belongs to the journalists . anybody can write whatever they want . ”

a war film that dares to celebrate a british triumph : after . . .

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in the award - winning short documentary then i came by boat , tri nguyen shares his memories of when he left war - torn vietnam as a child to cross the ocean on a wooden boat , and the way he was received as a refugee in australia .

cannot survive in the ultra - materialistic , capitalist world he finds himself in . i think if people take woo

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vietnamese people fleeing a communist dictatorship crowd the deck of a freighter in manila harbour during the 1979 refugee crisis .

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1st etcultura film festival ( official selection , st . petersburg , fl , usa )

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“if you’re gonna shoot somebody , shoot me ! ” hanks pleads in the film .

the boat people is a psychological thriller . jared is taken to the coast by his new girlfriend , alice . they stay in the seaside cottage she ' s owed all her life with her sister , cleo . as . . . see full summary »

] alright , ' kay , can we clear this area please ! see that . i talk , people listen .

miss hui ' s film , which is being shown tonight and tomorrow night at the new york film festival , is certainly powerful . but it could hardly be confused with either a political tract or a documentary . the central character of ' ' boat people ' ' is a japanese photojournalist named akutagawa ( lam ) , who is on a lengthy return visit to vietnam under the watchful eye of a woman guide from the cultural bureau .

it was the fifth time the golden era ' s helmer , ann hui , won the best director award , after a simple life ( 2012 ) , the way we are ( 2008 ) , summer snow ( 1995 ) and boat people ( 1982 ) .

when a group of friends fail to lower the ladder of their boat , they find themselves stranded in the surrounding waters and struggle to survive .

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cambodia also gets smeared as the film ' s imaginary , unidentified , land of evil .

" this raised even more questions than it answered , " nguyen , 51 , said . " it makes me wonder how it will wrap up . do they focus on the saga of the boat people or the reeducation camps ? really , to understand the war , you need to understand the before and after . the post - war is what our people are still dealing with . "

the rest of the film gives the lie to this sunny image ; before it ' s over , the journalist has even returned furtively to the same zone and found the same children sleeping naked in appallingly overcrowded barracks . miss hui , who is from hong kong , made ' ' boat people ' ' with the cooperation of the chinese government and shot it on hainan island . the film ' s view of life in communist vietnam is unremittingly and , given the chinese government ' s emnity to the vietnamese , not unexpectedly harsh . and yet ' ' boat people ' ' isn ' t as controversial as might be expected , since its criticism is very much in the service of its clear and simple dramatic needs .

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told me , stem from the hundreds of interviews she conducted with vietnamese refugees beginning in 1978 , when the boats that made it were flooding into hong kong harbor . i asked her how many changes the boat people script had gone through before the final version was reached .

freedom stories is a documentary based project that brings together a collection of personal stories from former asylum seekers who sought asylum in australia at a time of great political turmoil circa 2001 , but who have long since dropped out of the media spotlight . the people who have participated in our project are all now australian citizens . given the ongoing controversies over ‘boat people’ it is timely that their stories be heard .

first two feature films that propelled her into the heady jet streams of the film festival circuit .

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it’s the film’s version of events — and hanks’ version of phillips — that will be immortalized .

he’s so convincing as a 14 or 15 - year - old . but part of that in the story is that he’s emotionally immature and even unpleasant when dealing with other people . were you concerned about how people would see him or relate to him ?

in a letter to fwc chairman brian yablonski obtained by people , florida governor rick scott calls the act “hateful” and “inhumane . ”

as the first ferry boat approaches in the movie , there’s one guy in a suit . that was me . i was commuting back from the city .

paul meschúh studied directing at the university for television and film in munich ( hochschule für fernsehen und film münchen ) . since his youth he has written and directed more than fifteen short fiction films , many of which have been screened at national and international film festivals , including diagonale in austria , as well as hof film festival and max ophüls film festival in germany . in 2015 paul won the stepping stone award ( sprungbrett preis ) at the landshut film festival and the starter film award from the city of munich . he is currently working in munich and vienna on his feature film debut “mohammed huber” and two fiction films , “family vlogging” and “anna und die 3 . welt” . the focus of his creative work is the connection between global political themes and personal , emotionally driven stories .

he sun is bright and hot as you break surface . you squint to see the outline of a boat . after 40 minutes of scuba diving you feel disoriented . you paddle round to see whether the boat is behind you , but there is nothing : just calm , blue ocean , stretching to the horizon .

yeah , he had lots of rabbits in his house , and they became kind of a mascot for the film . and i also asked myself , " if i put a bunch of rabbits in a film and i don’t explain it , will people ask about it ? " and then they do , and that’s kind of funny .

speaking of jack reynor , he’s such a highlight of the film . how did that character develop ?

film credits reveal the story was copyrighted as " the coup " - - the original working title .

the ancient one as presented in the doctor strange comics is traditionally portrayed as an asian man . but for the film adaptation , swinton was cast in the role , which was changed along with her involvement . “anybody calling for more accurate representation of the diverse world we live in has got me standing right beside them , ” swinton told ew in 2016 before the film’s release . “i think when people see this film , they’re going to see that it comes from a very diverse place , in all sorts of ways . maybe this misunderstanding around this film has been an opportunity for that voice to be heard , and i’m not against that at all . but i do think that when people see the film , they’ll see that it’s not necessarily a target for that voice . ”

“to be there with a camera was very intimidating for me , ” he remembers . “i was very ashamed to take it out and film . you have people who have just arrived in this world – and they are so intimidated . to put a camera there is a very strong act . so it was very difficult to film . ”

" there might be an expectation that people who have been serving the status quo will find ways to frustrate that interest . we found the exact opposite . it ' s in the nature of things like this that the people who get public credit for this are the elected ministers , but the people who made this happen were public servants . these were people who were much more familiar with the nature of the red - tape obstacles than the ministers could be . their instinct was to find ways to solve them , and they did . "

) with full cooperation from the government of the people ' s republic . set in vietnam in 1978 , three years after the liberation ,

after suffering a stroke , an altruistic maid announces that she wants to quit her job and move into an old people ' s home .

jonas carpignano adopted a similar mindset , but for a very different movie . to prepare for " mediterranea , " his new scripted film about boat refugees to europe , the first - time feature director thought about simply interviewing the people who made the treacherous journey of hundreds of miles across africa to ports in countries such as morocco and algeria . instead he decided on another approach : he took the journey himself .

, the prisoner who tries to escape on that boat . in the original script he gets away and most of the film is set at sea . but when we were location - hunting before production began , our cameraman said we would probably need the set - up of

the first animation of the unfairy tales series malak and the boat , released for the launch of unicef’s global campaign on the syrian refugee crisis , brings attention to the stories of the youngest victims of the syrian conflict as they flee war . aboard a light boat , 7 year old malak explains her journey as she crosses the mediterranean .

' the french will have to make their own film if they want their national story properly told . '

capt . richard phillips , they say , is no hero , and the film is one big lie .

i do believe the girl in the picture was from the beginning and it ' s possible that she was crying because maybe she was gang - banged on the boat .

if she had had sex with the guys on the boat then the . . . whatever it was would have chased them rather than her , wouldn ' t it ?

to reach kurtz , willard joins the crew of a navy river patrol boat ( abbreviated pbr , as in patrol boat river ) , who are to ferry him up the ( fictional ) nung river to cambodia . the boat’s crew consists of four men : chief , chef , lance , and clean . with willard on board , the crew makes its rendezvous with the ninth air cavalry , who are to escort the pbr to the mouth of the river . the crew members find themselves in the middle of a b–

every refugee from vietnam i know has reported incidents depicted in this film . nobody experienced all of them , and certainly not in the film ' s timespan , but none of the incidents are especially far - fetched .

natural born killers , 1994 . this film ' s graphic portrayal of seemingly random acts of violence caused blockbuster , k - mart and wal - mart to refuse to stock the director ' s cut of the film .

boat people is a short starring leon burchill , mark saunders , and maureen underwood . the year is 1788 , australia . two aboriginal warriors capture three british shipwreck survivors : a naval officer , a maid and a convict , and take them back to camp . the aboriginals argue over . . . see full summary »

as the crisis intensifies over europe ' s so - called boat people – at least 1 , 500 have died since january , and officials estimate 1 million people are waiting on north african shores hoping for the chance to make the crossing – " mediterranea " takes their plight and examines it from the inside . in so doing , the film shows how prestige cinema , contrary to perceptions , doesn ' t have to exist in a rarefied real of first - world problems but , with the right ambition and touch , can address and advance the cause of a global crisis .

the escaping americans try to row a boat " to vietnam . " they row under a huge sign that reads " vietnam " on a bridge that forms an international border .

said brusquely , in answer to a question , as we sat on the sun - flecked terrace of the carlton hotel in cannes . " all i know is that i stand by the statements i make in boat people , the things i say and present in it . i have been under a lot of attack in hong kong , as well as here , for the movie and its politics . i ' ve been bandied about by one party and another as anti - communist – which i firmly state that i am not . the film has been shamelessly used by political parties as a weapon for attacking other parties . but boat people is a survival story set in a tragic moment in history . it ' s not a propaganda statement against communism . "

a boat with immigrants on board arrives at lampedusa , southern italy . ‘i said my last prayer – i felt like i was dead already . ’ photograph : ettore ferrari / epa

political film . i always believe that it isn ' t the system that matters in a country but the people who run it . it ' s a more optimistic way to see things and , i believe , a more realistic one . the film is set in 1978 , which means that the situation we ' re showing could have changed even now . i remember reading in

the subject of ann hui ' s ' ' boat people ' ' would not seem to lend itself to ordinary movie - making tactics , since the film depicts the horrendous living conditions to be found in the northern part of vietnam in 1978 , three years after the war ended . however , miss hui brings a conventional - and for the most part highly effective - storytelling talent to bear upon this material . she ' s able to create both sensationalism and drama , even if her film never generates an air of realism , or frees itself from coincidence and cliche .

the short film when you don ' t exist imagines a scenario where migration flows would be reversed from those commonly perceived in europe : as violent unrest causes people to flee europe in mass and reach africa , they are forcibly taken by authorities and jailed in refugee camps .

this is a suggested viewing list of narrative films for the film and visual studies phd offered by harvard university . …

he opted for a slim - fitting tan suit at the film ' s dunkirk premiere on july 16 , 2017 .

at the film ' s london premiere on july 13 , styles chose a double - breasted jacket and tan shoes .

acres continued to take the elevated route , presenting a film performance at marlborough house on 21 july 1896 by royal request , where he was assisted by cecil hepworth . but his position within the burgeoning british film business diminished . he turned to the production of celluloid film through his northern photographic works , and in 1898 launched an ingenious miniature camera / projector , the birtac , which employed 17 . 5mm film , hoping vainly to capitalise on a potential home movie market .

in the run - up to friday’s release of “captain phillips , ” hanks has appeared on the cover of parade magazine with phillips and the headline “the making of an american hero . ” the film won the opening - night slot at the new york film festival on sept . 28 and opened the london film festival last wednesday . it has won raves , all of which note the film is based on real events . the two men have walked the red carpet together .

golden chicken sss ' ivana wong won both for best supporting actress and best new performer . the singer - songwriter ' s foray into the film industry has garnered her three nominations in the best new performer category , plus a nomination in the best original film song category , marking a record for the most - nominated performer at the hong kong film awards .

the last picture show , 1971 . this film , featuring a scene of cybil shepherd skinny - dipping , was banned in phoenix in 1973 for violating a state obscenity statute . a federal court later held that the film was not obscene .

good , clean , wealthy , intellectual and sensitive white people are brutally bullied by a cruel , yelling , bloodthirsty , darker - skinned , generic third worlders .

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@ what really makes you think that she didn ' t have sex with the three boat guys ? i just thought they got killed by it pretty quickly , so it came back for her .

he continued , " i think it ' s important this isn ' t some transient , fleeting thing — the migration of the 2000 ' s or whatever it will be called . these people are building relationships and becoming part of the social fabric . i want to step into their world and bring other people with me . "

ordinary heroes is a 1999 cantonese - language film directed by ann hui . it was co - produced by hong kong and china . it concerns social reform activists in hong kong . the film ' s chinese title . . . see full synopsis »

the african queen , 1951 . among the many scenes and exchanges that the censors objected to in this classic were an " immoral relationship " between a missionary and a hard - edged boat captain during wwi , the " questionable taste " of the sound of stomach - growlings , and the film ' s depiction of " ridiculed missionaries " which may be offensive " to people of serious religious conviction . " also , kissing should not be " passionate , lustful , or open - mouthed . "

with poverty and tyranny , in an attempt to explain just why hundreds of thousands of vietnamese have put their lives at risk to flee by boat to hoped - for safety and freedom in hong kong .

" for someone extremely knowledgeable , they will see the differences . it’s a bigger boat , and longer , " says nolan . " but we dressed it to make it look like a british destroyer .

the pre - production for the film took three years , what with building a boat and a camp that would house a thousand extras plus the crew . plenty of injuries were incurred in the name of art : herzog’s cinematographer , filming on board the steamboat , had his hand cut open ( and it had to be stitched up without anesthesia ) . another crew member was bitten by a venomous snake , and then cut off his own foot with a chainsaw in order to avoid cardiac arrest . but in the end , the boat made its way successfully over the mountain , and herzog captured it all on film—challenging the basic laws of nature , and triumphing .

“we had two pirate attacks over 18 hours , ” says this crew member , not just the one shown in the film .

it’s too early in the investigation for the fwc to speculate “what , if any , violations took place in the incident , ” they say in a statement to people .

from boat building , to the construction of luxury hotels , our labor force has made a noticeable impact in the development of our number one industry tourism . we see the same zeal from our people as we look to build our film industry . the bahamas production guide database is a contact manager of production service providers that have submitted their information . you will find local resources that may be able to assist you in your next production . find local crews for your next production . visit the production guide !

it is 22 years since the introduction by australia of mandatory detention for asylum seekers arriving by boat and this country remains the only united nations refugee convention signatory with a policy of indefinite mandatory detention . freedom stories explores what is was like for people to experience mandatory detention and the uncertainty of temporary protection visas . how have they coped and what have they managed to achieve since ?

showed a young vietnam refugee who leaves a camp in hong kong to go to america , only to be trapped on the way in the philippines . because the film is very adventurous , very melodramatic , and uses american b - movie visual styles and techniques , people wouldn ' t take it seriously as a social comment . but if you look at the film ' s story , the message is very clear . this man woo

publicity surrounding the case spelled disaster for the queensland dive industry . nearly 50 , 000 people work in queensland ' s barrier reef tourist trade , which is worth a $ 4 . 3bn and hosts nearly 4m day trips every year . high - profile horror stories could irrevocably taint the image of local operators . worse still , this had not been simply an unavoidable accident . dive boat crews are meant to count every diver into and out of the water and then carry out a further count when the boat leaves the dive site , but somehow the lonergans had slipped through the net .

the netflix film adaptation of the popular japanese manga was criticized for whitewashing the story ( nat wolff plays the film’s lead , a character who is japanese in the source material ) . but producers argued shifting the story to seattle turned it into an american story .

an adventurous young girl sets out with a demi - god to solve the mystery of her people in moana , the upcoming film from disney animation . it sounds like a simple story , but as directors ron clements and john musker can tell you , putting it on - screen is anything but simple .

he boy next to me fell to the floor and for a moment i didn’t know if he had fainted or was dead – then i saw that he was covering his eyes so he didn’t have to see the waves any more . a pregnant woman vomited and started screaming . below deck , people were shouting that they couldn’t breathe , so the men in charge of the boat went down and started beating them . by the time we saw a rescue helicopter , two days after our boat had left libya with 250 passengers on board , some people were already dead – flung into the sea by the waves , or suffocated downstairs in the dark . it’s very difficult for me to think about this , nearly four years after i paid a smuggler to get me out of

to his people , saying that he finds the economy unbearable and that the state of corruption must be revised . and so by admitting it , he means it might change .

" you know , america still has not recovered from the vietnam war . the divisions that existed then still make many people suffer today . but we ' ve reached a point where we can gain from their wisdom , " he said of the people who experienced the conflict firsthand . " you combine that wisdom with emotion , with scholarly work . "

les amants ( the lovers ) 1958 . it was not so much the graphic portrayal of sex in this malle classic , since the film only shows a glimpse of the protagonist ' s naked breast , but rather its celebration of adulterous liaisons . ohio enforced an obscenity law to ban the film , but in 1968 the supreme court reversed the obscenity conviction of the ohio theater that exhibited the film .

bonnie and clyde , 1967 . this film , released shortly after the end of the hays code , was notable for its portrayal of graphic violence . critics and the general public were concerned that the film glamorized violence because the main characters were highly engaging and likeable .

the first day of filming , clint eastwood boarded my boat . he knew my name . i guess as a joke he called me coach lombardi . i put my hand out and said , “gunny highway . ”

the boat continues upriver , only to meet another surprise attack . primitive natives onshore shoot a storm of arrows at the pbr . chief is impaled with a spear and dies . with two men gone , the survivors at last reach kurtz’s camp , a macabre site in which countless dead bodies and severed heads are strewn about seemingly at random . a hyperactive american photojournalist , unabashed in his worship of kurtz , greets the boat .

a lot of people say , “oh , is it going to bring bad memories ? ” not at all . the best memory i got is that i’m alive to see it .

there is a scene in it follows where jay drives to the sea and looks at 3 men in a boat . she enters the water and , in the next scene , is crying as she drives home . i assumed she had swum out and had a sexual encounter with them but the rest of the film would imply this is not the case .

and you’ve said eamon’s rabbits in the film came right out of real life . the actual eamon you knew as a teenager kept rabbits .

1969 midnight cowboy wins three academy awards . it is the first and only x - rated film to receive an oscar for best picture .

carnal knowledge , 1971 . although the film explored highly nuanced themes and characters , the censors were blinded by the titillating title and suggestion of sex . in 1972 , the film was seized and a theater manager was arrested in georgia . the supreme court eventually overturned the conviction .

i think it’s lazy journalism . but i’m completely okay with it ! i think it’s obvious that i think it’s very tiresome . it’s an easy way to make copy , to say , " it’s not as good as his first film , " or compare it to my first film . i think people thought i was an amateur when i made once , because it looks so amateurish . that they were delighted with the idea that someone made something on a camcorder . that’s not the real story . i’d been making film for 10 years before then . i’d been making tv professionally for four years .

in fact , says this crew member , the maersk veered off course by 180 degrees south — this was during the first attack , on april 8 . phillips denies this , and says the boat only picked up speed .

i could see sing street happening in that sense , but that’s academic until it does well at the box office as a film . i think it has to be something before it’s a play . but i would love to do that . i don’t think that would have worked on begin again , even though people wanted it .

" i think it sounds very practical — you walk across the desert and get on a boat , " carpignano said . " but most people in europe or the u . s . don ' t think about the nuances . you think , ' well , yeah , there ' s a lot of sand and it ' s uncomfortable . ' and that doesn ' t really describe what they go through . "

" it wasn ' t very therapeutic making the film because it meant reliving all that had happened , " seihon said in an interview tuesday night via a translator , noting that he had been told he had to pilot the boat on the crossing despite having no experience in that department . " but i want people to understand the frustrations we had , and still have in europe - - how african women are mistreated , how we ' re not given the paperwork to allow us to have jobs , how we ' re kicked out of our homes . "

freedom stories is a collaborative documentary project from flying carpet films . it explores the achievements and stories of former ‘boat people’ who arrived in australian waters seeking asylum from the middle east around 2001 , a defining year in australian politics . locked in remote detention centres and then placed on temporary protection visas , their limbo lasted for years . now australian citizens , they are finally building secure lives and contributing to their new country .

damon plays one of the heroes in the china - set film , a casting choice that was slammed as perpetuating the white - savior myth . “we have to stop perpetuating the racist myth that [ only a ] white man can save the world , ” fresh off the boat star constance wu wrote in a widely circulated tweet . “our heroes don’t look like matt damon . ”

of course she had sex with at least two of the guys on the boat because the evil often times shows up as the prior victims stalking the " passed to " person . so in the pool scene you see one guy throwing the tv at the pool that is one of the guys on the boat . the scene before it when they drive away to the big swimming gym , there is an old guy standing on top of the house , and he is another guy from that boat . . . hope this helps . i mean obviously you recognize the girl who died at the beginning of the movie shows up as one of the evil possessed walker in the middle of the movie .

1961 in times film corp . v . chicago , the supreme court says that chicago ' s licensing scheme , which required film exhibitors to submit films for police review before screening , is not a prior restraint on speech , leaving courts to rule in individual cases whether the result is constitutional .

according to the credits " all is lost was shot on three 1978 cal 39 sailboats purchased from their owners in southern california . these three boats generously gave themselves up for art : tahoe , tenacious , and orion . they took their final sails in the pacific ocean and performed beautifully in the film as our mans ' s boat , the virginia jean . rest in peace . "

i’m one of several hundred thousand people who , since the arab uprisings of 2011 , have arrived in europe across the mediterranean . it is now the deadliest border in the world . we all have different reasons for doing it : some people think they’ll find a better life in europe , others just want to get away from a war zone . but everyone feels they have no other option .

another example is the british destroyer seen in the film . functional destroyers are hard to come by , and the one used on location is french .

“i’m not a migration expert , ” he sighs , settling for a table two metres from the sunbather . “i want to talk about film . ”

“anybody who is familiar with the history of the pacific islanders in film , there’s cause for worry , ” said dionne fonoti , an anthropologist and filmmaker from samoa who was part of the trust . even the film’s young star , auli’i cravalho , a hawaiian teenager making her film debut , admitted that she wasn’t so starstruck by disney’s interest to approach moana without concerns . “i was wary , ” she admits . “i think that everyone can say they might be a little afraid of it , because when we have a film that is inspired by a culture we want to feel good about it . ”

“no , it’s probably not , ” he replies . “but there’s so many types of documentary . documentary has so many different elements . but for me the word documentary is important because it starts with reality – and reality is my main source of telling the story . i don’t change that , i stick to that , i don’t make people interact with other people that they don’t in real life . ”

director christopher nolan ' s dunkirk is earning rave reviews for its you - are - there depiction of the battle of dunkirk — the heroic small - boat evacuation of british and allied troops pinned down by german forces early in world war ii .

katie and guy take a sea cruise in their sailboat and discover a couple on a wrecked boat , victims of a brutal attack by their crew . they take eliza and nick on board . the new boarders . . . see full summary »

was given a choice between screening it in the directors fortnight or as the film surprise . in either case publicity was to be kept to a minimum .

told me . " in the real story the boat was sunk . what happened was that the vietnamese had two patrol boats which fired into the hull of the refugee boat and then went around and around it , until they created a great whirlpool , so that the whole boat was sunk . it was in all the newspapers in hong kong at the time . but we couldn ' t shoot the whirlpool , because technically it was impossible for us . it ' s a pity , because it would have been a much more impressive scene . but we kept the real point of the incident , which is that vietnamese officers deliberately ' set up ' escape attempts – pocketing the bribes beforehand , of course – and then ambushed the boats . "

i wish they had , in a way . i’m sorry ! but there is a side of me that wishes they had . given the difficulty of people who are making journeys , and end up dying .

when the ship set off , we were worried about the engines breaking down , but we soon realised the biggest problem was the waves . the boat wasn’t built for the journey and it was flipped up every time a big wave hit . all i could do was say my last prayer – i felt like i was dead already . this was in 2011 , but now there are many more people camped on the libyan coast , waiting for their turn .

despite increased critical attention in recent years , birt acres remains a comparatively neglected figure among the pioneers of british film . as a creative film - maker his contribution was negligible , but as an inventor and innovator , and simply as someone who was especially active at the start of things , his importance is certain .

if you love this planet , 1982 . this canadian documentary on the medical and social effects of nuclear war triggered concern because it interspersed short clips from ronald reagan movies . after the u . s . justice department labeled the film " political propaganda , " the film gained notoriety , eventually leading to an oscar for best short documentary for director terri nash . in her acceptance speech , she thanked the u . s . government for so effectively " advertising " her film .

you said the family in the film was completely unlike yours , and i wanted to talk about them a bit . people keep comparing sing street to the commitments , partly because it’s about a band in dublin , but also partly because you cast maria doyle kennedy as conor’s mother . i’m curious how that came about . how you decided you wanted to do that .

1915 the naacp and others protest against birth of a nation , d . w . griffith ' s film about the civil war and reconstruction , which incites riots in ohio , massachusetts , pennsylvania , and colorado . it will become the most banned film in u . s . history because of its controversial racial content .

perhaps in an effort to protect its relationship with thailand , where the film was shot , " no escape " trashes cambodia , which subsequently banned the movie .

i think jack reynor [ who plays conor’s brother brendan in the film ] liked her for the role , and i listened . when i’m talking to actors in my films , and they’re like , " what about this ? what about this ? " i like to listen to them as they connect to their characters , and to the film . she was on a list , and i knew her through friends , but there was no nod to the commitments in casting her in the film . someone even said the other day that there are rabbits in my film , and the main character in the commitments is called jimmy rabbitte . well , okay…

it’s made for hollywood : the story of an average american family man , captain of a cargo ship in dangerous waters , his vessel overtaken by armed somali pirates demanding ransom , saving his crew by allowing himself to be removed from the boat and taken hostage .

at 3 a . m . , the pirates radioed the boat to stop ; phillips had left the stern light on and the bridge open . at 7 a . m . , came the third and final attack : four armed somali pirates stormed the maersk .

but fire at sea is attracting fiercer attention than rosi’s earlier efforts . not just because it won the top prize at the berlin film festival in february , and is currently frontrunner for the best documentary oscar next year , but on account of the scenes in between the mundane and the domestic . first is pietro , the island’s doctor , who alternates checkups for locals such as samuele with emergency care for the migrants passing through . late in the movie , rosi shows the rescue of a stricken smugglers’ boat , way to the south of lampedusa . there are perhaps 500 teetering on its deck , or crammed below – and some 50 have already suffocated to death . in the film’s most shocking and surreal scene , italian rescuers – dressed in white jumpsuits , and looking like spacemen – drag from the boat the limp and sometimes lifeless bodies of african passengers .

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nguyen said that if the film had been screened on bolsa avenue , the main drag of orange county ' s little saigon , the reaction might have been different .

while working on the infamous film “fitzcarraldo , ” herzog demanded that a real ship be pulled over a real mountain in the jungle ( as the script called for ) , and refused to shoot the sequence in a studio with special effects . fitzcarraldo , the protagonist of this film ( played by klaus kinski ) , is driven by his love of music , concocting a grand plan that seems bound to fail : building an opera house in the jungle , and thus bringing the power of caruso , verdi and wagner to the ignorant natives . in order to raise money and construct his opera house , fitzcarraldo takes a ship up a tributary and , with the help of a thousand natives , pulls this boat over a mountain and into a parallel river . typically , enormous sea vessels are not meant to be dragged over mountains . twentieth century fox was originally interested in producing the film , but they wanted herzog to use a model boat and a model mountain — and herzog , unsurprisingly , was unwilling to make such compromises .