Introduction: Defining the Documentary From the very beginning, cinema has had one eye on the real world. Even as filmmakers were conjuring fantastical tales and dramatic fictions, others were turning their cameras outward—toward factories, street corners, tribal villages, and battlefields. These films didn’t rely on scripts or actors. Instead, they…
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Three Tune Tuesday
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Freedom, eh?
Lyrics The Canadian Guns Open out, open out, duggle through the dark. Oh, you Canadian boys, you hear the bullet sing. Ready with the bayonets and steady on the mark. We’re up against no simple sort of thing. Oh, it’s hell at loose and ticking, and it’s paradise for mines….
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Songs that were Co-opted
This week on Three Tune Tuesday: songs that changed sides. From “Yankee Doodle” to “Swing Low” to “Battle Cry of Freedom,” we explore how tunes get twisted, repurposed, and reborn with new meanings—sometimes in ways their creators never imagined. Lyrics Yankee Doodle (the original lyrics) The Farmer and his Son’s…
The Evolution of Moving Pictures
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The Rise of Animation
The Rise of Animation: From Early Cartoons to Disney’s Golden Age Exploring the origins and ascent of animated film as a major storytelling medium Introduction: The Birth of a New Medium Animation began as a curious experiment—an illusion of motion conjured from still images, flickering through hand-cranked projectors and optical…
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DEI: Blind Skeleton Style
In response to the U.S. Navy’s recent decision to rename ships originally honoring figures like Harriet Tubman and Harvey Milk, this episode of Three Tune Tuesday—“Erased but Not Forgotten”—features three pre-1925 records that speak louder than silence. With non-English and racially coded titles, La Paloma, The French Trot, and Darktown…