Kings Mob Productions
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Kings Mob Productions is a DiY
filmmaking and agitprop
media-making "anti-corporation" dedicated to creating "new, dangerous, and thought-provoking media."
s who come and go based on their personal inspirations and creative missions.
Currently, Kings Mob Productions is creating transgressive
films for distribution through indie film
outfit Halo Eight Entertainment
. Kings Mob Productions is best known for the indie film Threat
and for the Do-it-Yourself
Media live event series DiY-Fest
.
"Threat
(in alphabetical order)
best known for the indie film Threat
and for the Do-it-Yourself
Media live event series DiY-Fest
.
"DiY-Fest
(in alphabetical order)
"Rage" music video featuring WTO "Battle of Seattle"
(in alphabetical order)
DIY ethic
The DIY ethic refers to the ethic of self-sufficiency through completing tasks oneself as opposed to having others who are more experienced or able complete them for one's behalf. It promotes the idea that an ordinary person can learn to do more than he or she thought was possible...
filmmaking and agitprop
Agitprop
Agitprop is derived from agitation and propaganda, and describes stage plays, pamphlets, motion pictures and other art forms with an explicitly political message....
media-making "anti-corporation" dedicated to creating "new, dangerous, and thought-provoking media."
Background
The organization has gone through several incarnations over the past decade, with a rotating roster of activists/artistArtist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
s who come and go based on their personal inspirations and creative missions.
Currently, Kings Mob Productions is creating transgressive
Transgressive art
Transgressive art refers to art forms that aim to transgress; i.e. to outrage or violate basic mores and sensibilities. The term transgressive was first used by American filmmaker Nick Zedd and his Cinema of Transgression in 1985...
films for distribution through indie film
Independent film
An independent film, or indie film, is a professional film production resulting in a feature film that is produced mostly or completely outside of the major film studio system. In addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment companies, independent films are also produced...
outfit Halo Eight Entertainment
HALO 8 Entertainment
HALO-8 Entertainment is a transmedia entertainment company specializing in cinema, genre graphic novels, midnight movies, music-driven lifestyle videos, and animation...
. Kings Mob Productions is best known for the indie film Threat
Threat (film)
Threat is an award-winning independent film about a straightedge "hardcore kid" and a hip hop revolutionary whose friendship is doomed by the intolerance of their respective street tribes...
and for the Do-it-Yourself
DIY ethic
The DIY ethic refers to the ethic of self-sufficiency through completing tasks oneself as opposed to having others who are more experienced or able complete them for one's behalf. It promotes the idea that an ordinary person can learn to do more than he or she thought was possible...
Media live event series DiY-Fest
DiY-Fest
DiY-Fest "the touring carnival of Do-it-Yourself mediamaking" was a festival of ultra-independent movies, books, zines, music, poetry, and performance art that ran from 1999 until 2002....
.
"ThreatThreat (film)Threat is an award-winning independent film about a straightedge "hardcore kid" and a hip hop revolutionary whose friendship is doomed by the intolerance of their respective street tribes...
" indie film
(in alphabetical order)
- Anna Barranca
- Benjamin Brancato
- Noah Brown aka Queque
- Tony Dreannan
- David R. Fisher
- Brian Giberson
- Valerie Hallier aka Killili
- Andrew Hawthorne
- Robert Anthony Jr.
- Kamouflage
- Ben KnightBen KnightBen Knight is a typographic coordinator for the United Nations. In 2002, Knight joined the UN in New York City where he started working closely with Maxim Zhukov to help with multilingual typographic design teaching, solutions, and co-ordination. Knight took over the responsibility UN typographic...
- Keith Middleton aka Wild Child
- Katie Nisa
- Cece Peri, Ph.D.
- Matt PizzoloMatt PizzoloMatt Pizzolo is an award-winning film director, screenwriter, and producer. His early works were created in New York City's Lower East Side, where he lived for eight years before moving to Los Angeles...
- Carlos Puga
- Jay Rose
- Neil Rubenstein
- Rebekka Takamizu
best known for the indie film Threat
Threat (film)
Threat is an award-winning independent film about a straightedge "hardcore kid" and a hip hop revolutionary whose friendship is doomed by the intolerance of their respective street tribes...
and for the Do-it-Yourself
DIY ethic
The DIY ethic refers to the ethic of self-sufficiency through completing tasks oneself as opposed to having others who are more experienced or able complete them for one's behalf. It promotes the idea that an ordinary person can learn to do more than he or she thought was possible...
Media live event series DiY-Fest
DiY-Fest
DiY-Fest "the touring carnival of Do-it-Yourself mediamaking" was a festival of ultra-independent movies, books, zines, music, poetry, and performance art that ran from 1999 until 2002....
.
"Godkiller" comic book
(in alphabetical order)- Illustrator: Anna Muckcracker
- Writer: Matt PizzoloMatt PizzoloMatt Pizzolo is an award-winning film director, screenwriter, and producer. His early works were created in New York City's Lower East Side, where he lived for eight years before moving to Los Angeles...
"How I Lost My Virginity -by Alexandra Jones" comic book
(in alphabetical order)- Inker: Ale Alvarez
- Penciller / Colorist: Andrea Blanco
- Writer: Matt PizzoloMatt PizzoloMatt Pizzolo is an award-winning film director, screenwriter, and producer. His early works were created in New York City's Lower East Side, where he lived for eight years before moving to Los Angeles...
"DiY-FestDiY-FestDiY-Fest "the touring carnival of Do-it-Yourself mediamaking" was a festival of ultra-independent movies, books, zines, music, poetry, and performance art that ran from 1999 until 2002....
" live event series
(in alphabetical order)
- Anna Barranca
- Benjamin Brancato
- Traci Brandon
- Zack ExleyZack ExleyZack Exley is a political and technology consultant, currently employed as the Chief Community Officer at the Wikimedia Foundation and previously from ThoughtWorks, a global IT consultancy...
- Sander HicksSander HicksSander Hicks is the founder of Soft Skull Press, and Vox Pop Inc. Raised in the DC area, he is the son of Norman Hicks, a progressive economist and anti-poverty specialist, who is retired from the . Raised Catholic, Sander attended Bishop Ireton High School, where he graduated with honors...
- Kamouflage
- Katie Nisa
- Matt PizzoloMatt PizzoloMatt Pizzolo is an award-winning film director, screenwriter, and producer. His early works were created in New York City's Lower East Side, where he lived for eight years before moving to Los Angeles...
- Jay Rose
- Neil Rubenstein
- Shipwreck
- Justin Silverman
- Harris SmithHarris Smith (filmmaker)Harris Smith is a filmmaker, media critic and essayist from New York City. He is one of the founding members of the Remodernist film movement and was a participating member of the first comprehensive Remodernist exhibition in the United States, Addressing the Shadow and Making Friends with Wild...
- Emily Soffin
- Rebekka Takamizu
- Cat Tyc
- Kerry Weber
"Rage" music video featuring WTO "Battle of Seattle"WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999 protest activityProtest activity surrounding the WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999, which was to be the launch of a new millennial round of trade negotiations, occurred on November 30, 1999 , when the World Trade Organization convened at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center in Seattle, Washington,...
footage
(in alphabetical order)
- Atari Teenage RiotAtari Teenage Riot'Atari Teenage Riot' is a German digital hardcore group formed in Berlin in 1992. The name was taken from a Portuguese Joe song 'Teenage Riot' from the 'Teen-age Riot' album, with the word 'Atari' added as an Atari ST computer was used to create compositions...
- Carl CrackCarl CrackCarl Crack was a Berlin-based techno artist best known for his membership in the digital hardcore band Atari Teenage Riot from 1992 to 2000....
- Hanin EliasHanin EliasHanin Elias is a German industrial/techno artist. She was a member of Atari Teenage Riot and is now a solo artist....
- IndyMedia Center
- Alec EmpireAlec EmpireAlec Empire is a German musician who is best known as a founding member of the band Atari Teenage Riot. Also a prolific and distinguished solo artist, producer and DJ, he has released well over a hundred albums, EPs and singles and remixed over seventy tracks for various artists including Björk...
- Nic EndoNic EndoNic Endo is a Japanese-German-American noise musician who plays with the German digital hardcore group Atari Teenage Riot...
- Caleb Oglesby
- PickAxe Productions
- Matt PizzoloMatt PizzoloMatt Pizzolo is an award-winning film director, screenwriter, and producer. His early works were created in New York City's Lower East Side, where he lived for eight years before moving to Los Angeles...
- Re:Generation TV
- Philipp Virus
- Chris Wicke
External links
- Official Kings Mob Productions site
- Official "Threat" site
- Rage at YouTube.comYouTubeYouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....