The New VOTW

The Update is Complete (for now)

I just hit the publish button on the latest version of my Video of the Week website!

Of the 36 weekly videos, I kept 25 and included 11 new ones. Here's what I added, in no specific order:

New Videos for 2020-21

• I Am Not Your Asian Stereotype: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pUtz75lNaw

• RJ Ripper: https://www.mountainfilm.org/media/rj-ripper

• Land of the Strays: https://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/short-film-showcase/00000165-1fed-d579-ab65-3fed67ac0000

• Jewel’s Hunt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pz88CumPp4&list=PLh_qdzak59m6rzqhW1d0OBiK_UfgKEGBo&index=4&t=3s

• Bringing it Home: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6Ty6IGFFQE

• Lost and Found: https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/lost-and-found-a-bittersweet-stop-motion-short

• Zion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRvGlB1-Ku8

• Awana: https://www.globalonenessproject.org/library/films/awana?utm_source=Global+Oneness+Project+Newsletter&utm_campaign=e79d9acb0a-New+Film+Awana&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_484790f1e5-e79d9acb0a-196514197

• Meet Munch Jr.: https://loadingdocs.net/meetmunchjr/

• Dear Dreamer: https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2019/05/28/dear-dreamer/

Week 11, sometime in October, will feature "R.J. Ripper," the story of a Nepalese mountain biker.

I also made major revisions to the Bonus Videos tab. I shifted over five of last year's weekly videos, kept four of the old bonus videos, then added a whole bunch more.

New Bonus Videos

• Inhale: https://filmshortage.com/dailyshortpicks/inhale/

• The Last Call: https://www.pbs.org/video/last-call-dhduci/

• Skateistan: https://vimeo.com/32234310

• 1000 Mile Dream: https://vimeo.com/371382301

• Loved by All: https://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/short-film-showcase/00000165-f0b6-d79e-abef-f8b6b40f0000

• Darlin: https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2019/09/06/darlin/?utm_source=Email+Subscribers&utm_campaign=e928090b93-MAILCHIMP_WEEKLY_NEWLETTER&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bf235fe23b-e928090b93-92674625

• Navajo Son: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ETmq-4-p9Y&feature=emb_rel_end

• The World War of the Ants: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_e0CA_nhaE&feature=youtu.be

• A Recipe for Change: https://www.freethink.com/videos/this-restaurant-gives-at-risk-youth-a-second-chance

"The Last Call" is a heart-breaking account of how COVID-19 impacted a New York family.

I watched so many great videos, but for a variety of reasons, those in the list below didn't make the cut. Some, like Tariq's Cube, the TED Talk by Alex Honnold, and Abbeville: Lynching in America (from the Equal Justice Initiative), will find their way into my classroom in some way or another. I'm not sure what I'll do with the others, but they definitely deserve another look.

For Future Consideration

• Cradle: https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2019/05/08/cradle/

• Tariq’s Cube: https://worldchannel.org/episode/lusa-tariqs-cube/

• How I climbed a 3,000-foot vertical cliff -- without ropes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iM6M_7wBMc

• Fear of Flying:https://vimeo.com/46141955

• Instant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9oBTwLnwi0

• The Mountain of Sganna: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqqneusv2XY

• Anaiyyun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIYag5MWhPU

• Stay Close: https://www.pbs.org/pov/watch/stayclose/video-stay-close/

• Bone Mother: https://www.nfb.ca/film/bone-mother/?utm_campaign=programming&utm_source=facebooken&utm_medium=social-media&utm_content=film

• IVRY: https://vimeo.com/280433937

• Free Like the Birds: https://www.mountainfilm.org/media/free-like-the-birds

• Sky Migrations: https://www.mountainfilm.org/media/sky-migrations

• Cristano Street: https://www.pbs.org/pov/watch/crisantostreet/video-crisanto-street/

• Humans are Smart. Why are Babies so Unsmart?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM-sBZBiuD4

• Quilt Fever: https://mailchimp.com/presents/sxsw/quilt-fever

• Chasing Ghosts: https://www.biographic.com/ghosts-of-the-everglades/

• Spice Frontier: https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2020/06/05/spice-frontier/?utm_source=Email+Subscribers&utm_campaign=37bb07e466-MAILCHIMP_WEEKLY_NEWLETTER&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bf235fe23b-37bb07e466-92674625

• Smash and Grab: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4-G7YpSFb4&feature=youtu.be

• Alike: https://vimeo.com/194276412

• Ride of the Dead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLXR86vHUNU

• BMX Nigeria: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDZpsjtfYuY

• LA Roll: https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2020/04/22/l-a-roll/?utm_source=Email+Subscribers&utm_campaign=af053e2104-MAILCHIMP_WEEKLY_NEWLETTER&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bf235fe23b-af053e2104-92674625

• For the Love of Mary: https://vimeo.com/273611679

• The Imaginary Line: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkG7koiNiq4

• Outnumbered in Africa: https://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/short-film-showcase/00000164-5b80-dc77-a365-7baf779d0000

• Little Hands: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZTyB2RPk4w

• Olympic Gold Runner: https://vimeo.com/216171927

• The Wrestling Cholita: https://vimeo.com/157407504

• Making Waves: https://vimeo.com/118798121

• King of the Mountain: https://vimeo.com/130733756

• Abbeville: Lynching in America: https://simaclassroom.com/abbeville-lynching-america-film-resources/#1518737921620-a17e295c-7742

• Hotel USA: https://simaclassroom.com/hotel-usa-film-resources/

• La Lucha: https://filmshortage.com/dailyshortpicks/la-lucha-the-fight/

With Masterpiece Monday taken care of and Video of the Week now online, it's time to choose my next project.