Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg is a senior associate editor at The Atlantic. She curates the Video channel. More
Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg's work in media spans documentary television, advertising, and print. As a producer in the Viewer Created Content division of Al Gore's Current TV, she acquired and produced short documentaries by independent filmmakers around the world. Post-Current, she worked as a producer and strategist at Urgent Content, developing consumer-created and branded nonfiction campaigns for clients including Cisco, Ford, and GOOD Magazine. She studied filmmaking and digital media at Harvard University, where she was co-creator and editor in chief of H BOMB Magazine.
In this beautifully made film from Etsy's Handmade Portraits series, Sylvester Ayek talks about how the traditions of his Iñupiat community have evolved in the modern world. More »
The Perennial Plate, a series about sustainable eating, talks to the fishermen who benefit from the population boom of Asian carp. More »
Cyriak Harris, an animator known for his disturbing, Escheresque animations, brings his signature style to this music video for Eskmo's "We Got More." More »
This excerpt from a World War II-era instructional film includes an overview of early typewriters. More »
Two photographers visiting an observatory in the Canary Islands capture the landscape at night. More »
Eric Kelly, a former boxing champion and trainer at the Church Street Gym in New York, serves up lessons with scathing, and hilarious, commentary. More »
The SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon capsule lift off from Cape Canaveral Air Force station in Florida on May 22, 2012. More »
Channeling Peter Pan, the hero of this video is the skater's shadow. More »
PBS's Off Book series interviews three artists who use the plastic toy pieces as a medium for creative expression. More »
An excerpt from The Big Picture, a TV series produced by the U.S. Army, covers the promising "flying platform" technology in development. More »
The life and times of Mark Zuckerberg, set to some of your favorite musical numbers More »
Kim Pimmel, a software developer and filmmaker, shares psychedelic outtakes from Compressed, his series of short, abstract experimental videos. More »
The Perennial Plate, a series about sustainable eating, travels to Montana to visit the 30,000-acre J Bar L ranch, which specializes in humanely raised, grass-fed cattle. More »
In an animated short by StoryCorps, the famous oral historian recounts an anecdote about how alienating the modern world can be. More »
Aerial photographer Jason Hawkes captures the capital's glittering architecture, including the new Shard, from above. More »
From over 35,000 kilometers away, Russian weather satellite Elektro-L 1 has been capturing super high resolution images of Earth. More »
A in-depth documentary about how commuters and messengers can make a dent in the city's overwhelming traffic. More »
YouTube user harrunostasj has created a fascinating look at European history in fast forward using the Centennia Historical Atlas. [Update: This video has been removed from YouTube, but click through for a similar video] More »
The iconic documentary filmmaker shares personal insights into the craft of storytelling and his lifelong quest to "wake the dead." More »
A hybrid hair salon-toy store in Copenhagen celebrates the games of the 1970s-1990s. More »
