This clip, produced by the Playing for Change movement, combines a number of delightful human characteristics in a way that just makes you feel downright happy. Musical talent, individual artistic interpretation and diverse locations all come together to produce one of the all-time great covers of Ben E. King’s classic ‘Stand by Me’.
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Video Spotlight: Vendemmia – A Documentary About Cinque Terre, Italy
This week’s Video Spotlight features the work of film-makers Krista Lee Weller and Sharon Boeckle. The American duo and their team have spent several years documenting the challenges facing the Italian region of Cinque Terre, a beautiful section of the Italian Riviera that has been strained by tourism and the desire to capitalise on it.
Read More >>Video Spotlight: Speeding Around The World in Under 5 Minutes
While the film contains its fair share of recognisable landmarks, what we enjoy about it is how the process Lam has used works just as well with unspectacular locations. A crooked bridge over a fast-flowing stream looks just as fantastic as the Eiffel Tower when it’s portrayed in this way.
Read More >>Video Spotlight: Earth | Time Lapse View from Space, Fly Over | NASA, ISS
This genuinely amazing video, compiled by filmmaker Michael König using images shot from recent missions on the International Space Station (ISS), reminds us that space, as a wise man once said, is the final frontier. But with our ambition and pioneering instinct, mankind has never been particularly daunted by frontiers. If we’re ever to get anywhere, though, we should never forget where we come from.
Read More >>Video Spotlight: Human Planet
Human Planet, which originally screened in the UK in January 2011, was another worthy contribution to the BBC’s documentary legacy. The eight-part series focused on examining what it refers to as “the most remarkable species of all” – humankind, especially the sheer range of habitats and environments in which we’re able to make ourselves at home.
Read More >>Video Spotlight: Where the Hell Is Matt?
This week’s video spotlight focuses on a real classic, a video that was in fact the original inspiration for this every-other-week feature. It’s been around for a while, so chances are you might have come across it before, but this video is so compelling and joyful that it never fails to bring a smile to our faces, no matter how many times we rewatch it.
Read More >>Video Spotlight: The Economics of Happiness
The Economics of Happiness is a recently released documentary that examines some of the most powerful forces that hold sway over our lives. The world, it seems, is moving in two irreconcilable direction simultaneously: a shift toward globalisation versus ‘localization’. This film waves some important important flags, raises some thoughtful points of discussion for all of us who love to travel.
Read More >>Video Spotlight: Buying Back the Bombs in Laos: peaceBOMB
peaceBOMB aims to raise awareness of a terrible ongoing situation in Laos. To do so, they make use of metal reclaimed from actual bombs to fashion bracelets for sale. The project channels funds directly to affected Laotian communities and makes the most of the expert metalworking techniques that local craftsmen have developed over the years.
Read More >>Video Spotlight: One Day on Earth
The One Day on Earth project began in 2008, with the vision of uniting the entire world in a single film-related project. The potential for collaboration offered by the internet is something that continues to be explored to this day, but the group behind One Day on Earth set out to achieve something that had never been seen before: a collection of moments, experiences and events from all corners of the globe with a single unifying experience – they all took place on the same day.
Read More >>Germany’s Green Frankfurt Airport Transfers by Eco-Limo
Better than any ordinary Frankfurt airport transfer operator is Eco-Limo, a company dedicated to conducting its business in environmentally-friendly fashion. And now it’s finding new markets through a partnership with the Green Path Transfers global network of eco-friendly airport transfer partners.
