The LAFCO Bus Video Blog

RESCUE: a little film by Tao Ruspoli

2009-02-12T11:18:00.001-08:00

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The other morning in Venice Beach I witnessed this rescue and turned it into a littile PSA for the International Bird Rescue Research Center....

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Salton Sea Boat Races for World Record Speed on Water

2008-12-13T01:23:00.001-08:00

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The Mangusta & LAFCO team visits the wonderful and bizarre Salton Sea, where they attempt to set world records for speed on water.

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Burning Man 2008

2008-11-19T18:44:00.001-08:00

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A small taste of the Playa from Burning Man 2008, presented by Mangusta LAFCO Productions.

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MARFA, My Dear

2008-05-07T14:57:00.001-07:00

An improvised absurdity starring Jaclyn Jonet, Black Moses and Lola "Prosciutto" Ruspoli. Directed by Tao Ruspoli, based on a story by Olivia Wilde
www.lafco.tv
www.marfafilmfestival.org

Formats available: MPEG-4 Video (.m4v), MPEG-4 Video (.m4v), Flash Video (.flv)

New FIX Trailer!

2008-04-18T12:57:00.001-07:00

"Brash, cool and energetic ... a wild ride." - Variety

"A bold new style and talent." - Oliver Stone

"Ruspoli has succeeded in creating a film that not only compliments
Los Angeles' multi-faceted landscape, but meditates on it. While FIX
is everything one would hope - a frenetic, Odyssey-like journey
through an underbelly of drug culture and addiction, it's when the
film reaches moments of silence that its true voice speaks clear,
deeply exploring notions of family, loss, and ultimately redemption."
- Daniel Casey, Slamdance Programmer

"Fix has the gritty energy of 'Go', the speedy with of 'Arrested
Development' and a magnificent visual panache!" - IndieWire

"Funny, sad, dangerous, endearing; all the hallmarks of a big-money
blockbuster are here, delivered with an effortless reality and
spontaneity that no budget can buy ..." - M. Bradley, edhat.com

a film by Tao Ruspoli
more at www.fixthemovie.com

Formats available: MPEG-4 Video (.m4v), Flash Video (.flv)

Flamenco: A Personal Journey part 1 of 10 A Film by Tao Ruspoli

2008-02-28T01:39:00.001-08:00

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An unprecedented look at the Gypsy Flamenco lifestyle in Spain.

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Tao Ruspoli director's reel v.1

2008-02-11T10:42:00.001-08:00

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Pocket Change Prologue

2008-02-08T23:13:00.001-08:00

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Pocket Change Trailer 2

2007-09-28T11:35:00.001-07:00

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The LAFCO Bus crosses America.

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FIX trailer Starring Shawn Andrews, Olivia Wilde, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Dedee Pfeiffer

2007-09-11T03:03:00.001-07:00

Trailer for Fix, a new feature film by Tao Ruspoli

Starring Shawn Andrews, Olivia Wilde, Megalyn Echikunwoke, & Dedee Pfeiffer

www.fixthemovie.com

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov), Flash Video (.flv), Quicktime (.mov)

Olivia Wilde Interview

2007-05-02T23:34:00.001-07:00

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Actress Olivia Wilde (Black Donnellys, OC, Alpha Dog) talks about the play she is currently doing in New York, Beauty on the Vine, as well as the relationship between art, politics, and activism, and her work for Doctors Without Borders.

Get tickets at http://www.epictheatrectr.org/

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Momenti con Papa' Dado

2007-05-01T16:58:00.001-07:00

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A film about my father made shortly after he died for his small children Theodore and Melusine. Features some of his best poetry and stories (in italian)

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¡Viva Barstow!

2007-05-01T14:21:00.001-07:00

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An absurd tale of love and revenge, indians and vikings in the mojave desert. A film by Tao Ruspoli, Jonah Salt Greenberg and Steve Newman.

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Skateboard Diaries

2007-05-01T13:47:00.001-07:00

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Tao narratest the adventures of the LAFCO bus in Northern California in 2001 from his skateboard...

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Dado Ruspoli: A Portrait

2007-05-01T11:55:00.001-07:00

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Tao Ruspoli's first film...a poetic homage to his father, Prince Dado Ruspoli. Made in in 1995 and shot on 8mm film.

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DJ 80: The DJ Diva

2007-05-01T00:00:00.001-07:00

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a short film by Tao Ruspoli

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Out of Control

2007-04-28T16:15:00.000-07:00

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a film by Tao Ruspoli, 2001

music by the chemical brothersÂ

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Camjackers

2007-04-25T08:37:00.001-07:00

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Trailer for LAFCO's first feature film, Camjackers.

"It´s cool, man. We´ve got black friends!"

Two rich, clueless film school grads ( The Filmfakers) are shooting a ghetto interpretation of an ancient Greek play on the mean streets of Los Angeles. Their equipment is borrowed by three street youths (The Camjackers), who shoot a compelling documentary on underground hiphop. The Filmfakers rip off The Camjackers´ film and rise to fame and fortune. The Camjackers see their stolen work on TV and seek revenge.

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COUNTERVIEWS: Robbie Conal, guerilla poster artist - Interview by Tao Ruspoli

2007-03-21T02:30:00.001-07:00

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Robbie Conal is an American guerilla poster artist noted for his gnarled, grotesque depictions of U.S. political figures of note. A former hippie, he is noted for his use of snipes to distribute his poster art throughout a city overnight.

Conal's parents were both union organizers, and he grew up in Manhattan. He received his bachelor's degree in fine arts from San Francisco State University in 1968 and his MFA from Stanford University in 1978. He moved to the Los Angeles area in 1984, where he currently resides. Conal is an Adjunct Professor of Painting & Drawing at the University of Southern California's Roski School of Fine Arts.

Conal's work has been featured in numerous publications, including Time, Newsweek, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, as well as CBS's This Morning and Charlie Rose. He was the subject of the 1992 documentary Post No Bills directed by filmmaker Clay Walker. He has also written two books, Art Attack: The Midnight Politics Of A Guerrilla Artist and Artburn, a collection of his work published in the alternative newspaper L.A. Weekly. He has been awarded grants by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Getty Trust.

In 2004, Conal joined artists Shepard Fairey and Mear One to create a series of "anti-war, anti-Bush" posters for a street art campaign called "Be the Revolution" for the art collective Post Gen.

Conal was also one of the 112 members at the "Table of Free Voices" event in Berlin.

One of Conal's posters is prominently displayed in a scene in the 1999 film The Insider.

(from wikipedia)

Interview by Tao Ruspoli from the LAFCO Bus

www.ruspoli.com Â www.lafco.tv

for CounterPunch

www.counterpunch.orgÂ

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COUNTERVIEWS: Peter Linebaugh on slavery, the Magna Carta, Guantanamo, self-governance and more...

2007-03-14T00:00:00.001-07:00

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Tao Ruspoli interviews historian Peter Linebaugh.

www.counterpunch.org

www.ruspoli.com

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Extreme Raw: The Rabbit music video

2007-03-12T10:31:00.001-07:00

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directed by James Wade

www.lafco.tv

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Just Say Know part 5

2007-03-09T08:19:00.001-08:00

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Tao Ruspoli's award winning documentary about heroin and opium addiction in his family. part 5 of 5

www.ruspoli.comÂ Â Â Â

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Just Say Know part 4

2007-03-09T07:43:00.001-08:00

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Tao Ruspoli's award winning documentary about heroin and opium addiction in his family. part 4 of 5

www.ruspoli.comÂ

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Just Say Know part 3

2007-03-07T23:04:00.001-08:00

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Tao Ruspoli's award winning documentary about heroin and opium addiction in his family. Part 3 of 5

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Just Say Know part 2

2007-03-06T16:15:00.001-08:00

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Tao Ruspoli's award winning documentary on heroin and opium addiction in his family. part 2 of 5

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Just Say Know part 1

2007-03-02T22:54:00.001-08:00

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Tao Ruspoli's award winning documentary about heroin and opium addiction in his family. www.ruspoli.com

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MOVING PHOTOS: Olivia Wilde 2

2007-03-02T15:40:00.001-08:00

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"Moving Photographs" by Tao Ruspoli

www.ruspoli.comÂ

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Raye Sheen (you ain't never seen no chick come through like me...)

2007-03-01T19:43:00.001-08:00

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Singer Songwrite Raye Sheen

by James Wade

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MOVING PHOTOS: Olivia Wilde 1

2007-03-01T18:48:00.001-08:00

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Moving Photographs by Tao Ruspoli

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COUNTERVIEWS: Francisco Letelier Interview

2007-02-28T01:47:00.001-08:00

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Tao Ruspoli interviews Francisco Letelier

www.ruspoli.com, www.counterpunch.org

Yellowcard "Breathing" Music Video

2007-02-27T19:38:00.001-08:00

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Yellowcard "Breathing" Music Video by Tao Ruspoli and Cody Lucich

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MOVING PHOTOS: The New York Skyline

2007-02-25T05:32:00.001-08:00

COUNTERVIEWS: Patrick Cockburn on Iraq Part 2

2007-02-17T10:51:00.001-08:00

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Tao Ruspoli interviews journalist Patrick Cockburn on Iraq.

COUNTERVIEWS: Patrick Cockburn talks about Iraq (part 1)

2007-02-14T05:58:00.001-08:00

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Tao Ruspoli interviews Patrick Cockburn (pronounced kÅbÉœËn) (born March 5, 1951) is an Irish journalist who has been a Middle East correspondent since 1979 for the Financial Times and the Independent . Among the most experienced commentators on Iraq, he was one of the few journalists to remain in Baghdad during the first Gulf War. He is based in Jerusalem as a correspondent for the Independent, and has been filing reports on the war in Iraq. He has consistently displayed a pessimistic outlook for Iraq's future and considers the 2003 invasion of Iraq and its aftermath as a catastophic failure.

Cockburn was born in Scotland and grew up in County Cork, Ireland. His father was the well-known socialist author and journalist Claud Cockburn. He was educated at Glenalmond College, Perthshire, and Trinity College, Oxford.

Cockburn married Janet Montefiore, daughter of Rt Rev Hugh William Montefiore, and has two children, Henry Claud and Alexander. He has two brothers, Alexander Cockburn and Andrew Cockburn who are also journalists.

His most recent book, following award-winning reporting from Iraq, is "The Occupation" published by Verso Books. Mixing first hand accounts with reporting, Cockburn's book is critical of the invasion as well as the Salafi fundamentalists who comprise much of the resistance.

Cockburn's memoir is The Broken Boy, a memoir of his childhood in 1950s Ireland when he caught and survived polio. His previous books include Out of the Ashes: The Resurrection of Saddam Hussein, written with Andrew Cockburn.

The LAFCO Bus Reel (1)

2007-02-05T10:35:00.000-08:00

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The LAFCO Bus Reel

SEX & POLITICS: Tao Ruspoli interviews Dr. Susan Block, Part 2 (CounterViews)

2007-02-04T02:45:00.000-08:00

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Part 2 of Tao Ruspoli's interview with sex therapist and free speech activist Dr. Susan Block at her downtown LA speakeasy.

Part of counterpunch.org's counterviews series.

Jeffrey St. Clair Interview (part 2), co-editor CounterPunch

2007-01-31T17:14:00.000-08:00

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Tao Ruspoli interviews Jeffrey St. Clair, co-editor CounterPunch, Part 2, as part of CounterPunch's CounterViews feature.

Dr. Susan Block

2007-01-31T13:07:00.000-08:00

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Tao Ruspoli visits sex educator Dr. Susan Block. Orgies, Bush and Cheney dildos, Thanatos, and much much more.

Dr. Susan Block is a sex educator, cable TV host and author of The 10 Commandments of Pleasure. Commit Bloggamy with her at http://www.drsusanblock.com/blog/ Email her at liberties@blockbooks.com

An Interview with Jeffrey St. Clair, co-editor of Counterpunch (Tao Ruspoli)

2007-01-19T18:21:00.000-08:00

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Tao Ruspoli talks to Jeffrey St. Clair about Iraq, the state of the left, 9/11 conspiracy theorists and more.

Part 1 of 2.Â

A Conversation With M1 of dead prez

2007-01-15T23:10:00.000-08:00

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Tao Ruspoli interviews M1 of dead prez about revolution in the back of The LAFCO Bus.

Grimy World by Malachi (Dungeon Family) New Music video from LAFCO

2007-01-09T07:11:00.000-08:00

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Grimy World

Malachi (Dungeon Family)

Directed by Tao Ruspoli

Shot by Tao Ruspoli and Cody Lucich

Edited by Cody Lucich James Wade and Tao Ruspoli

Produced by James Wade

Album: Workaholic Mixtape Vol. 2

LA's Dopest Attorney: Allison Margolin

2006-12-01T08:14:00.000-08:00

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Runaway Slave: Behind the Scenes with stic.man, young noble and LAFCO

2006-11-27T16:55:00.000-08:00

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Interview with Malachi, hip hop artist extraordinaire

2006-11-15T09:28:00.000-08:00

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Singer/Songwriter Myself in New Orleans

2006-11-12T15:08:00.000-08:00

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Zayd "Say What" Video

2006-10-27T12:45:00.000-07:00

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The Acapella trailer for an epic hip hop documentary by Cody Lucich (LAFCO)

2006-10-26T13:48:00.000-07:00

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Outlawz: Fork in The Road Video

2006-10-22T17:37:00.000-07:00

From "Can't Sell Dope Forever" Directed by James Wade and Cody Lucich

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New music video for hip hop soul duo Slick and Rose

2006-10-09T18:55:00.000-07:00

Directed by Tao Ruspoli

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Tao Ruspoli interviews Alexander Cockburn Part 2

2006-10-03T23:32:00.000-07:00

What would president Cockburn do?
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PS: Welcome Counterpunchers! We think you would like the interview with stic.man below. He brings revolutionary politics to hip hop and we had a great chat...
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Runaway Slave: Music Video for a new song by stic.man of dead prez and Young Noble of The Outlawz

2006-10-02T23:56:00.000-07:00

And, here is an interview with stic.man about his roots, influences, inspirations, his art, his politics and more...(click to watch)

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Going

2006-09-28T09:30:00.000-07:00

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An expressionistic explosion of images about travel, motion, memories, and overwhelming sensory overload. Shot on super 8, still photos, and hi def by Tao Ruspoli. With Steve Newman, Olivia Wilde, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Dado Ruspoli, Ray Flores and others...

Shannon Mccollum: Photojournalist

2006-09-24T14:56:00.000-07:00

Shannon works as the official photographer for hip hop artists like Outkast, Lil Jon, and dead prez. We interviewed him after a music video shoot we did for stic.man of dead prez. (click image to start film)

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Tao Ruspoli interviews Alexander Cockburn

2006-09-22T07:19:00.000-07:00

In this 10 minute clip (the first of two parts) Alexander Cockburn, the renowned leftist journalist, talks about his father's influence, the state of the democratic party, the Roman empire, how to make a better sneaker, and much more!

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World Premier of I Believe (The Fiend's Anthem) by stic.man of dead prez

2006-09-20T22:09:00.000-07:00

Atlanta, Georgia
This is the world premier of lafco's music video for stic.man of dead prez. The song is an inspiring piece about recovery from addiction.

And, as a companion piece, here is an excerpt from Just Say Know, Tao Ruspoli's award winning film about his family's addiction to, and recovery from, heroin and opium.

For more of Tao Ruspoli's work, visit www.ruspoli.com

Message to UMI

2006-09-19T08:33:00.000-07:00

Shannon Mccollum captures the spirit of the moment...
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Pocket Change-Trailer for the film of LAFCO's travels

2006-09-15T09:42:00.000-07:00

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The New Old Blues Singers

2006-09-12T11:02:00.000-07:00

At a gas station on the back roads of Mississippi, driving from New Orleans to Memphis.
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Leaving New Orleans

2006-08-31T11:33:00.000-07:00

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The daily cleaning ritual

2006-08-22T16:19:00.000-07:00

Frogville

2006-08-18T09:43:00.000-07:00

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Tao Ruspoli chats with Oliver Stone about art and politics

2006-08-13T19:09:00.000-07:00

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LAFCO prepares to leave Los Angeles

2006-08-12T19:29:00.000-07:00

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The LAFCO Bus prepares to leave on it's monumental 2006 cross country tour.

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Pure Etc. at the Loft

2006-08-11T19:33:00.000-07:00

Extreme Vision: LAFCO discovered and defined

2006-08-09T19:41:00.000-07:00

A chris cronin blunt (you knew...)