Caipirinha Productions, Inc. is an independent mixed media arts & culture company with activities in the fields of film, music, and human rights. Caipirinha Productions produced and distributed the Cultures of Resistance feature film, among other short and feature-length films, including:
BENEATH THE BORQA in Afghanistan (Short, 2001)
Modulations (Feature, 1998)
Synthetic Pleasures (Feature, 1995)
An Autumn Wind (Short, 1993)
Neighbors (Short, 1992)
Prufrock (Short, 1991)
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BENEATH THE BORQA in Afghanistan (2001) both raises awareness of the despair on the two sides of the Afghan-Pakistan border and, through candid interviews with refugees, captures the hope and dignity that still define Afghan men women and children. 12 minutes.
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Modulations (1998) traces the evolution of electronic music and includes interviews with many notable and innovative artists, including Carl Cox, Robert Moog, Coldcut, Squarepusher, Mixmaster, Pierre Henry, Giorgio Moroder, Derrick May, Genesis P-Orridge, and Karlheinz Stockhausen. Modulations theatrical events include screenings at the Sundance, Cannes Film Festival, San Fransisco, and Berlin Film Festivals. Click here for the film's treatment, credits, bios, press, and more.
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Synthetic Pleasures (1995) is an exhilarating and disturbing exploration into the ways that human beings are using technology, from body piercing to bionics, to transform our environments, bodies and minds in search of pleasure that raises issues nobody today can afford to abort / retry / ignore. Synthetic Pleasures won the 1996 Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival's Jury Award for Best Documentary and was nominated for the 1996 Sundan Film Festival's Grand Jury Prize in the Documentary category. 85 minutes. Click here for the film's treatment, bios, credits, and press.
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An Autumn Wind (1993) is experimental piece that, incorporating a combination of calligraphy, shakuhachi music, and images of Fall in Kyoto, juxtaposes the traditional haiku of Matsuo Basho and the contemporary poetry of Allen Ginsberg. An Autumn Wind was featured at the 2001 second annual "Haiku at the Garden/Haiku au Jardin" in Montreal, Quebec. 6 minutes.
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Neighbors (1992) is based on Raymond Carver's short about Bill and Arlene Miller who agree to feed the Stone's cat and water their plants while they are away on vacation; however, what begins as a curious peek into the lives of their neighbors ends in fantasy and obsession. 13 minutes.
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Prufrock (1991) is an experimental film poem based on T.S. Eliot's The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock and narrated by Matt Dillon. 4 minutes.