Quality of Life is a narrative feature film that tells the gripping and authentic story of Michael “Heir” Rosario and Curtis “Vain” Smith, the most prolific and talented graffiti writers in the Mission District in San Francisco.
Category: Film
“Sun” By Caribou
Caribou’s new record Swim is available now, follow the link to watch the new music video for “Sun”
“Meet Me in The Basement” is one of the many great tunes of the new Broken Social Scene album, Forgiveness Rock Record. The video was created by a fan in response to G20 summit held in Toronto.
Trent Reznor seems to be just as busy as ever after his planned “retirement” of Nine Inch Nails. First his new How To Destroy Angels project. Now he and long time collaborator Atticus Ross are nearing the end of scoring the new film from David Fincher, “The Social Network,” better known as the Facebook movie. […]
Thank You Michael Peters!
I love the idea of pushing the medium of photography beyond just a single photograph. That’s what my gallery exhibitions focus on – expanding the typical single photographic plane into something spacially concerned having multiple suspended panels, or photographs, creating dynamic geometric planes.
Part Seven: The Global Brigade Tour
There are so many organizations out there (I probably wouldn’t have believed it myself until I did this research for Backpod) that are striving for a better quality something for lesser-privileged individuals. Unfortunately, many of these organizations lack the manpower to get their word out there.
Part Six: Expectations
Twilight Frequencies: How did your expectations line up with the realities of the work being done by Non Profit organizations? What surprised you? Michael Peters: We did countless hours of research prior to scheduling the inaugural trip. So we were pretty familiar with the work being done. There was a lot of communication being facilitated between […]
Part Five: Episode Four
The Backpod group looks into the work keeping dental hygiene a important way of life for the natives. Meet the “Dental Brigade.”
The student groups plan and fundraise for months prior to the trip, and many times they must sacrifice their own break time from school to attend.
What struck us is the idea that students are taking the initiative and making this lasting impact. Global Brigades is really a well-rounded organization thanks in large part to ambitious students with fields concentrating in medical outreach to water purification development even to assisting in local micro enterprise growth.