Chris Heller
The Onion Is Not a Joke
How a fake newspaper is turning into a real media empire
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An Artist Who Paints With Sand and Light
It blurs the lines between conventional art, theatrical performance, and narrative storytelling.
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Inside Vienna's Famous Coffeehouses
"In other parts of the world you have new, modern things. But the old things, I think, are more important."
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The Happy Life of a Nomadic Surfer
Living on a beach in Norway is "like being in a fairy tale."
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The Appeal of Ice Swimming: 'It Feels So Good'
A 63-year-old explains her love of the sport. "It's cold. Every time I get in, it's cold."
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A Stop-Motion Tour of New York City
A filmmaker animated hundreds of still photographs to create this Big Apple flip book
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Ballpoint Pen Art: An Experimental Animation
"The film is a cycle of twenty drawings. The same paper is filmed, pages one through twenty, over and over again."
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The Sucklord: A Bizarre Artist Who Makes 'Bootleg' Toys
"I don't know where this stuff belongs. It's not quite right in a toy store. It doesn't fit in a traditional art gallery either."
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'I Was Never a Dancer, But I Can Dance in the Water'
A short documentary about the Harlem Honeys and Bears, a synchronized swimming team for seniors
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This Japanese Inn Has Been Open For 1,300 Years
Houshi Ryokan was founded in the year 718. A millennium later, it's one of the oldest family businesses in the world.
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'Keep Your Head Down': A Short Film About a Jamaican Caddy
For 43 years, Cleveland Kerr has worked on a golf course. This is what he's learned.
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'A Hidden Treasure': The Unusual Story Behind a Rare Map Collection
The Los Angeles Public Library discovered thousands of vintage maps in a reclusive collector's home.
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Life Inside Jabba the Hutt
How three puppeteers brought the iconic Star Wars villain to life
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What LBJ Really Said About Selma
"It's outrageous what's on TV. It looks like that man is in charge of the country."
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Does This Child Need Marijuana?
Dravet Syndrome is a severe form of epilepsy that affects children. Could marijuana oils alleviate their seizures?
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Meet 'Jazzbo': He's a 76-Year-Old Clown in a One-Man Band
"My main objective was to be a jazz-playing clown. That kind of worked out."
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'How Do You Function Without a Cellphone?'
A short documentary about a San Francisco designer who doesn't own a cellphone, and a teenager who can't imagine life without hers.
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An Animated Skateboard Video, Drawn With Light
This wildly inventive short film blends light art, stop-motion photography, and skate tricks.
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Welcome to Elgin Park: A Miniature 1950s Utopia
A reclusive artist built this idealized suburb to grapple with his painful childhood memories. "Elgin Park is never a lonely place for me," he says.
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A Dictator's Disembodied Head as Art
A Spanish artist made a hyper-realistic sculpture of Francisco Franco—and then the story got weird.
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The Horror of War, Captured in a Hand-Drawn Cartoon
In this short film, a young soldier fights to survive an ambush in a hostile war zone.
