For the first installment of our new Video of the Week segment I thought I’d share a wicked music video showcasing the new Hecq and Exillion tune, Sphere of Fury. If you’re into hardcore, amen-breaking dub vibes, don’t sleep on this. From filmmakers Tim Brown and Christopher Hewitt.

Stimulator, the brains behind subMedia and END:CIV, has released a new episode of his It’s the End of the World as We Know It and I Feel Fine web series. It features coverage of insurrectionary activity around the globe, most notably at home on the West Coast.

Here’s the latest from END:CIV. Both clips include footage and interviews we shot during our west coast tour. Interviews include Ward Churchill, John Zerzan, Lierre Keith and Dr. Michael Becker. The first piece breaks down the first premise of Derrick Jensen’s “Endgame”. “Civilization is not and can never be sustainable. This is especially true for industrial civilization.” The second clip is an updated edit of “Clearcuts” first released on the world wide web in June 2009.

Here’s a new tune from one of the biggest up-and-comers on the West Coast (Vancouver via Sacramento). Hot off some fresh cuts with Swollen Members, Young Kazh has been generating a solid following with his mixtapes for more than a few years. With production and vocals from Victoria’s own St. Kelly, you won’t want to sleep on this one.

Let me start off by saying, you literally must read this book from cover to cover. Every little bit is fascinating. It covers Rob’s success from a literal zero to hero in the span of a few years. This book isn’t so much a book as it is a film makers diary. The introduction gives you a brief history of how he fell in love with film as a child and cast his siblings in everyone of his early films. Rebel Without a Crew also tells of his experiences at Pharmeco, a pharmaceuticals testing facility. He literally sold his body for science experiments to fund his first feature length film! if that isn’t dedication, then what is?

A very helpful video to any aspiring indie film maker. Some of the technology he speaks about has not only become more readily available to the public, but much easier to do at home as well. The era of the New Indie Film Maker has arrived! Listen to what he says very carefully, not only is it motivating and inspiring, he speaks from the heart and expresses truth. You can’t be a film maker without well, making films. To put it simply, he encourages everyone to get out there and …

About a decade ago, Marc Fienberg uprooted his family from Boston and bought one-way tickets to Los Angeles to pursue his dream of making a movie about his grandfather. He developed his own film company, Story Films, specializing in short films and commercials. Then incredibly, Fienberg, a man with no feature film background or connections, was able to raise millions of dollars and convince Hollywood icon Andy Griffith to star in his film, “Play the Game.” The independent film, which Fienberg is self-distributing throughout the nation this fall, will start a limited one-week …

Welcome to part two of How Hollywood Killed Good Cinema. In the previous article, we touched on how Hollywood is milking sequels and remakes to protect the lifestyles of the rich and famous. Now we are going to delve into what Hollywood is doing right. It seems the big Hollywood high-ups have started to realize that nobody wants to see six installments of the Fantastic Four. What people want is award winning original content. Where does that content come from? Independents. Paranormal Activity has become something of a phenomenon in the movie …