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9/11 ATTACKS ON WORLD TRADE CENTER

by Ethan Russell

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I was at home in San Francisco when my mother called. “Are you watching TV” she asked? I replied “no” and switched it on. I imagined that whatever she was calling about would be no big deal. She was elderly. But the first thing I saw was not a talking head but the event itself: […]

STANLEY KUBRICK’S “2001”

by Ethan Russell

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This video only viewable directly on You Tube: here. It was quiet in the car, the morning after the gig of the night before. I’m still wondering what we are going to do about a cover, and, as with the journey north, a good deal of my attention is consumed wondering if I’ll survive, when […]

Britney Spears I AM A SLAVE 4 U 2001

by Ethan Russell

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I finally left Los Angeles to return to San Francisco. I made my last movie, another homage to the singer songwriter, based on the work of Rickie lee Jones, and then I devoted myself entirely to interactive media in education, working with UCLA and the Seeds University Elementary School in their graduate school of education. […]