IP: Banned Serbian Short webcast - "The War Diaries"

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

I found these very interesting -- djf

>From: "James D. Wilson" <netsurf@sersol.com>
>To: "Dave Farber" <farber@cis.upenn.edu>



>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-webcasting@broadcast.net
>[mailto:owner-webcasting@broadcast.net] On Behalf Of Jonathan Sarno
>Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 1999 7:23 PM
>To: webcasting@ns.texan.net
>Subject: [WC] Banned Serbian Short webcast - "The War Diaries"
>
>
>>Wired News also reports that the Eurovision Satellite uplink in Belgrade
>was shut down by Serbian >security forces today.
>
>In this regard---
>
>Prominent Serbian filmmaker A.G. (name withheld for reasons of personal
>security) had been posting daily from March 23rd to April 4th his "War
>Diaries" to Webcinema www.webcinema.org, the largest on-line community of
>independent filmmakers, and continuing to film during the bombings.
>
>"The War Diaries" are extremely well written. a thoughtful day-to-day
>account of the reality of being caught unexpectedly in a city under constant
>bombardment.
>
>His web site, hosted in Serbia, with his films and the films of fellow
>Serbian filmmakers, was taken down by the Serbian government on April 4th.
>His current whereabouts are unknown.
>
>Before all communications - phone and email - was terminated he asked his
>colleagues in Webcinema to set up a site for him outside Serbia, including
>several Serbian films that were on his server, announce its existence and
>urge webmasters and webcasters outside Serbia to preserve and host its
>content
>
>Below are four links to read audio streaming videos of the Serbian Shorts
>that were on the banned Serbian server. Feel free to copy the code and put
>them on  your site.
>
>"Mirko Has No  Body"
>rtsp://g2.media.globix.net/webcinema/mirkohasnobody.rm
>
>"One Minute of Feature"
>rtsp://g2.media.globix.net/webcinema/oneminuteoffear.rm
>
>"Royal Shadows"
>rtsp://g2.media.globix.net/webcinema/royalshadows.rm
>
>"Three Minutes of Horror"
>rtsp://g2.media.globix.net/webcinema/ThreeMinutesofHorror.rm
>
>I have set up a web site at http://www.webcinema.org/serbianshorts/ , with
>the complete text of  "The War Diaries" and the Serbian Shorts.  Feel free
>to link to this page if you like or copy any of the photos and text and
>links to the real video files.
>
>We expect shortly to receive three films A.G. shot during the bombing,
>including NO JUSTIFICATION, the one minute film described below by A.G,
>filmed in a bomb shelter on March 30, 1999, somewhere in Belgrade.
>
>Jonathan Sarno
>Founder, Webcinema http://www.webcinema.org
>Director, CNI Cinema, http://www.webcinema.org/cnicinema
>Producer: Documentary  Feature Film:
>"Tales From Silicon Alley" http://www.webcinema.org/doc (in production)
>Producer: Dramatic Feature film
>"Silicon Alley" http://www.webcinema.org/siliconalley (in preproduction)
>
>
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