The commodification of the American presidency is examined and lampooned in Presidents and Elections, a compilation of work from the Video Data Bank collection.

Since its original release in 1995, this comprehensive two-volume, eight-program

This comprehensive package on the history of experimental and independent video is an essential tool for teachers, libraries, and researchers.

This comprehensive anthology on the history of experimental and independent video is an essential tool for teachers, libraries, and researchers.

This first program deals with stories of captivity.

This program presents different approaches to looking at war, and to using images of war.

Border situations have inspired writers, artists and filmmakers, particularly within the context of divisions and border control within the Middle East. Who draws the borders?

Named after Hatice Güleryüz’s haunting short film, with its disturbing yet iconic images, this program presents unsettling situations narrated with both considerable emotional investment and…

How useful is personal testimony to History?

This program loosely organizes work by a number of artists who showed at Suitable Gallery a DIY exhibition space located in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood, during its 5 year run between 1999…

An original program for VDB TV curated by Rachael Rakes and Leo Goldsmith.

VDB TV: Decades
1990s: The Whole World is (Still) Watching