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Blast from the past Our latest trip to California’s San Gabriel Valley is a bit of a homecoming. About 4 and a half years ago, we spent two days in the SGV shooting this little TV item about the Vietnam War Living History Group. The Vietnam War LHG claim to be the only historically (and ethnically) accurate re-enactment club devoted to bringing America’s tragic history in...
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Listen Experiments in storytelling We just cut...
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Listen ” Meanwhile, we were totally scandalized...
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Fifty-three Beds
The essay below is the original English-language version of our piece Drieeënvijftig Bedden, which appeared in the March issue of the magazine BK-informatie. Enjoy! Fifty-three Beds by Kel O’Neill & Eline Jongsma Empire: The Unintended Consequences of Dutch Colonialism is a transmedia project that uses nonfiction filmmaking, journalism and video art to tell the human-scaled stories...
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We're going to this, and you should too →
EMPIRE at The New School: Calling, Career and Commitment March 14th from 6:45 PM-8:30 PM The New School 66 West 12th Street, Room 404   Free and open to the public, please bring ID  
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Submarine Channel’s EMPIRE video report Have you ever wondered what the hell the Empire project actually is? This video should clear that all up.
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"What is the broadest definition of film? Can we... →
We’d like to take a moment away from posting about Empire to share some words from Ted Hope, erstwhile indie superproducer and current Executive Director of the San Francisco Film Society. Hope’s recent keynote address at the International Film Festival Summit is inspiring stuff, and should be required reading for filmmakers who want to reach beyond the rote and attempt to create work...
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OPENING NIGHT PARTY! →
COME PARTY WITH US Please join us for the premiere party for EMPIRE and the “Expanding Documentary III” program at De Brakke Grond! Show up on Thursday the 15th of November at 7 PM for drinks, killer media art and an all around great time. FEATURING -Films and installations by the godfather of Danish filmmaking, Jørgen Leth (in attendance); -A restrospective of MIT & IDFA’s...
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Let's be friends →
Empire just joined Facebook. Since you already like us, why not ”like” us?
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New essay and interview in “Indisch 3.0” →
So we just got interviewed by the Dutch online magazine “Indisch 3.0” about what goes into the creation of an identity. Also on “Indisch 3.0” this week, an essay we wrote called Nazi Mania, ‘Hidden’ Jews & the unintended consequences of the Dutch in Indonesia. If you like Jews (or Nazis), this is a piece for you.
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C'est magnifique! →
Holy shit. This French blog just compared our work in Suriname to the best documentary ever made.
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