Category: VIDEO

Blackface


① memo 20181205 ~ Blackface ~ One of Al Jolson’s blackface acts performed by the dutch variety show artist Heintje Davids as shown in dutch movie theaters in 1930 in the ‘Polygoon’ cinema news. The blackfaced Al Jolson starred in the very first feature length ‘talkie’ (sound film) The Jazz Singer in 1927 – with a synchronized recorded music, singing and speech. In France , right after the liberation, Robert Clary was known as L’Al Jolson français.
Footage thanks to the Open Images (openbeelden.nl). audiovisual archive of the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision.

Holocaust Centers Monitors Show Robert Clary Story


① memo 20181204 ~ Holocaust Centers Monitors Show Robert Clary Story ~ Following the Nov 13th world premiere at the 33rd annual Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival of ‘From Buchenwald to Hollywood: The Robert Clary Story’ , filmmaker Richard Bloom has sent out all the requested film copies to be shown on computer monitors of the holocaust centers Yad Vashem, USHMM Steven Spielberg Division, Simon Wiesenthal Center , the USC Shoah Foundation and more …

Waterfront Florida Keys


① memo 20181202 ~ Waterfront Florida Keys ~ Waterfront of Parmer’s Resort on Little Torch Key, last month, with a view across the South Pine Channel on Big Pine Key and to the right the Overseas Highway.

Key Deer


① memo 20181201 ~ Key Deer ~ Key deer (Odocoileus virginianus clavium) the endangered smallest North American deer on Big Torch Key last month, Florida Keys

Cinema Paradiso Premiere


① memo 20181130 ~ Cinema Paradiso Premiere ~ From Buchenwald to Hollywood, The Robert Clary Story film premiere at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival Nov 13th 2018 in Cinema Paradiso , Hollywood , Florida , USA – a quick impression of filmmaker Richard Bloom’s intro and discussion.

Clipper Wilhelmina Sailing the Wadden Sea


① memo 20181129 ~ Clipper Wilhelmina Sailing the Wadden Sea ~ Almost 1 hour – slow – documentary film of weekend sailing the dutch Wadden Sea on the clipper Wilhelmina last summer (July 2018) from Harlingen to Vlieland and back to Harlingen.
Starting Friday , staying overnight on the clipper in the port of Harlingen on the Frisean coast of the Netherlands – next , Saturday, crossing the Wadden Sea , sailing to the Wadden Sea island Vlieland , and after spending the night in the harbor of Vlieland, sailing Sunday to Harlingen.
Filmed with an iPhone X using the Sennheiser ClipMic digital lavalier and music with the Sennheiser Ambeo headset for recording binaural 3D sound.
Published before in a series of short films , and now in this full documentary. Music by Sébastiaan on his handpan drum. Doc (① memo 20181129) Michel van der Burg – michelvanderburg.com | 1-memo.com

Advice :) Turn off all lights in the evening when watching Sébastiaan on his handpan drum.