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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