Seven-Minute Cinemas Productions
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These films and videos can be viewed in the RealMedia streaming format. (You can download RealPlayer here.) By allowing the viewer to watch the clip in real time, without having to download the entire media file, RealMedia is an effective method of presenting video from 7MC's current web server. In the near future, 7MC also intends to offer these clips in QuickTime and Windows Media formats.

Instrumental Treason (2004)
Telecine from 16mm film workprint . Black and white.

An ambitious exercise in non-verbal communication, Instrumental Treason presents the night a large portion of a symphony orchestra mutinies against the conductor and his faithful musicians. This film contains no dialogue; all action is depicted through the playing of the instruments and the juxtaposition of images. The score is original.

Cycle the Americas — Promo (2001)
miniDV, wireless video. Color (1 minute, 5 seconds)

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The brainchild of astrophysicist/Peace Corps veteran/avid cyclist Robert Grover, Cycle the Americas is an ambitious bicycling adventure that is designed to open a door into the worlds of many of the peoples living in the Americas. By combining the ever-improving information technologies of the internet and the popularity of reality-based entertainment, the participants of Cycle the Americas hope to foster a greater awareness of the varied cultures and societies of North, Central, and South America by making intimate contact while bicycling across the continents. This short video clip provides a brief glimpse into a preliminary "test" trip made in the summer of 2001 through Mexico and Belize.