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In the future food will come in pills, email will come in the newspaper, and flash video players will get elected to public office. May I submit these fine candidates:

One Got Fat (1963)
Want to see children dressed up as monkeys riding bikes? Want to see them brutally run down by cagers one by one in what can only be described as “Saw On Wheels”? Of course you do. (from ZPG)

Journey to the Moon (2005)
Apparently a home recording by William Kentridge. Makes me feel like the least productive person ever. If you like it, check out this other highly Kentridge-influenced animation: Deterioration. (thanks Jon)

Shock Doctrine Short Film (2007)
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism is a book by Naomi Klein, from the book’s website:

In The Shock Doctrine, Naomi Klein explodes the myth that the global free market triumphed democratically. Exposing the thinking, the money trail and the puppet strings behind the world-changing crises and wars of the last four decades, The Shock Doctrine is the gripping story of how America’s “free market” policies have come to dominate the world — through the exploitation of disaster-shocked people and countries.

Klein sent a copy of The Shock Doctrine to Alfonso Cuarón (director of Children of Men) expecting maybe a quote to print in the jacket of her book. What she got instead was a short film directed by both Alfonso Cuarón and Jonás Cuarón. Animation and stock footage are combined slickly to deliver a powerful introduction to Klein’s book. (Thanks Ryan)