Karim Amara, multimedia journalist » Video

pilot of flight 1549

admin — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:30:56 +0000

Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger of U.S. Airways flight 1549 talks about fame, fans and finances.

What does Barack Obama’s presidential victory mean to you?

admin — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:50:44 +0000

The day after Barack Obama’s historical presidential win, we asked those who had grown up during the civil rights movement, what the win meant.

The video was inspired by Fifty People, One Question vimeo.com/1737450.

Midnight Mass with Peaches Christ

admin — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:50:57 +0000

For the 11th year in a row, San Francisco film geeks came to worship at the Church of Peaches Christ this past summer of 2008. In case you are one of the uninitiated and unbaptized, the annual two-month-long event known as Midnight Mass is much more than a midnight movie. Irina sat down with the film freak phenom founder and creator, Peaches Christ aka Joshua Grannell, and got down to the nitty gritty details of how a humble (well, maybe not so humble) film student turned into a cult movie diva 2.0

Do you tattoo in Walnut Creek?

admin — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:28:12 +0000

With the opening of Zebra Tattoo, we decided to ask people on the streets of Walnut Creek, if tattoos have become mainstream?

Memorial for Sgt. Paul Starzyk

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:19:01 +0000

More than 2,000 people gathered at the Sleep Train Pavilion to honor slain Martinez Police Sgt. Paul Starzyk.

Outside Lands Festival in 60 seconds

admin — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:57:56 +0000

Music critic Jim Harrington gives us his thoughts on as many bands as possible in a minute.

We like chess

admin — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:00:30 +0000

This video is what happens when you put RZA, chess and 3 dorky geeks who like to rap into one giant mixing bowl! The legendary rapper and award winning chess-master decided to start wuchess.com — a website and give part of the proceeds to scholarships for needy kids.

To promote the website, Wuchess and RZA had a contest on YouTube for the best 8 lines about chess. Irina wasn’t satisfied with her simplistic little video, so she got her friends and made this!

Strongman of science

admin — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:47:46 +0000

Rob Meulenberg is a pro strongman. He can flip 900-pound tractor tires. But there is more to Rob than his strength.

Protests against Olympic torch relay

admin — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 01:29:28 +0000

Sights and sounds of demonstrators before the start of the San Francisco Olympic Torch relay.

Motherload of Trophies

admin — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:01:28 +0000

In a disposable culture of programmed obsolescence, the owners of the Shack Up Inn set out to salvage some junk and end up preserving Delta history.

Old trophies, boy scout badges and photographs are among the relics scattered throughout the rooms and grounds, off Highway 49 in Hopson, Mississippi.

People journey to the inn from all over the world to troll through things most would discard. Some are there to reconnect with their culture, while others come from afar in search of something authentic.