Featured Docs & Non-Fiction:

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  Big Fantastic on Tilzy.TV

  (Profiles)
  [ 5:58 - from YouTube ]

  In 2006 Douglas Cheney, Chris McCaleb, Ryan Wise, and Chris Hampel revolutionized web video by serializing dramatic content in a short 90 second format. With self-funded capital they created the company Big Fantastic and produced "Prom Queen," a murder mystery, eventually garnering 10,000 daily downloads on iTunes. It's not great television, but the format (80 episodes of 90 minute clips) has become a standard approach to low-attention-span online drama. Very much worth a look. view

  

  Playwright / Video Producer Julian Camilo Pozzi
  Playwright/Video Producer, House of Broken Windows
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  National Guard Warrior Challenge: The Finale

  (Reality)
  [ 14:09 - from RipeTV ]

  Think you're in shape? Want to try competing against a troop of National Guards? Yeah, I don't either. But this reality series follows some average citizens who do. Watch as they compete in physical challenges, and see who becomes the Ultimate Warrior. view

  

  Indie Music Expert Varlo Vanore
  Writer, Musician
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  STREETNOISE: The Wonderful World of Susan Feniger

  (Food / Cooking, Reality)
  [ 3:45 - from YouTube ]

  As LA chef Susan Feniger (formerly of the Food Network’s Too Hot Tomales) struggles to get her first solo restaurant off the ground in the midst of the recession, her many debacles – and taste testing and comedic flare ups – have been captured on camera by filmmaker Liz Lachman. The resulting web series, STREETNOISE, is a lively and playful tribute to her now-happening Hollywood hotspot, Street, which celebrates the world’s best street food.  view

  

  Journalist / Web Producer Melissa Roth
  Journalist, Author, Web Producer
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  TV PSA Update

  (How-To)
  [ 1:35 - from Hulu ]

  "The People's Grandma" is back! She's so sweet, who wouldn't want to be related to her? Gram stars in this updated TV PSA regarding the nationwide conversion to digital TV. She's taken through an easy step-by-step process that explains how to reconnect all analog equipment. You go, Gram - still kickin' and stayin' sharp. view

  

  Core eGuider Brian Rothe
  Director of Content, eGuiders
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  Into the Heart of Italy: Day One: Lucca

  (Food / Cooking, Reality, Travel)
  [ 6:53 - from Yahoo Video ]

  One part 'Where Do I Come From,' one part 'Amazing Race,' one part 'The Restaurant,' this Bertolli branded series recruits Italian-Americans Marisa Tomei, Rocco DiSpirto and Dan Coretese to travel to the old country and uncover culinary and cultural mysteries. The producers even manage to cook up a little June-November romantic intrigue...if you can digest it.  Hey, they are actors, not reality show contestants -- and the series was promoted during the Oscars and 'Desperate Housewives.'  A bellweather of big budget celebrity web adventures to come. view

  

  Journalist / Web Producer Melissa Roth
  Journalist, Author, Web Producer
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  The Story of Cap & Trade

  (Business & Finance, Eco / Green, Politics)
  [ 9:56 - from YouTube ]

  Still a bit confused about what 'Cap & Trade' actually is? Is it a good thing or a bad thing? Here's a video by the folks who brought us the marvelous animated short "The Story Of Stuff"... they are definitely not fans of Cap & Trade. Watch this clever animated video to learn why...  view

  

  eGuider Ezra Soiferman
  Award-winning Canuck documentary filmmaker, street photographer and blogger.
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  In The Know: Are Reality Shows Setting Unrealistic Standards For Skanks?

  
  (News)
  [ 2:19 - from The Onion ]

  In this hilarious sendup, The Onion dares to ask the question, "Are reality shows setting unrealistic standards for skanks?" The commentators in this CNN-style segment debate the issue of how far reality shows are taking skankiness. Too true in today's TV landscape. view

  

  eGuider Ezra Soiferman
  Award-winning Canuck documentary filmmaker, street photographer and blogger.
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  Baby Hit By Tram Survives

  (News, Parenting)
  [ 1:21 - from CNN ]

  And now, a warning and reminder to all parents out there - when handling a stroller on a train platform, DO NOT forget to apply the brakes.  This baby got lucky.  Chances are the next one won't...  Scary stuff. view

  

  Core eGuider Brian Rothe
  Director of Content, eGuiders