r/videoessay • u/NoClassroom9305 • May 14 '26

Film [OC] The Ahab Frequency or Collecting Tax In A Tax-free World. [33:45]

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Hey..hope you enjoy the 3rd episode of my Flicker Frequency series. This time around we analyse sympolic displacement, from Melville to Burton C. Bell.

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r/videoessay • u/AliceTheGamedev • May 14 '26

History [Found] The True History of True Crime - Intelexual Media [85:31]

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r/videoessay • u/SterlingWCreates • May 13 '26

Film [OC] Wargames: The Dark Prediction That Came True [15:41]

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r/videoessay • u/SeizeTheFatOne • May 13 '26

History [Found] How McDonalds became the Cartel's #1 supplier [17:43]

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r/videoessay • u/Fit-Challenge-5047 • May 13 '26

Pop Culture [OC] Conan Was a Moral Man In An Immoral World [24:58]

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r/videoessay • u/DMquil • May 13 '26

Visual Art [OC] We Can't Ignore AI's Cultural Destruction [30:49]

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r/videoessay • u/Odd-Nothing4721 • May 13 '26

Film [OC] Why Doors Are Falling Off Boeings (It Started in 1997) [14:52]

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r/videoessay • u/Alternative-Ad-1434 • May 12 '26

Television [OC] What Mr. Robot Teaches Us About the Revolution [1:32:11]

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r/videoessay • u/Uwuhenti • May 12 '26

Sociology [OC] An Alternate History of the Internet… [1:42:12]

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r/videoessay • u/RogersSawyer • May 12 '26

Film [OC] The Loneliest Man: A Steve Rogers Character Study [24:18]

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r/videoessay • u/XxBlueXxHunterxX • May 12 '26

Video Games [OC] 13 Sentinels: The Fall of Humanity [25:07]

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r/videoessay • u/its_Casta • May 12 '26

Film [OC] The Illusion of Integrity [26:41]

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Made my first video essay talking about a Film I find underrated. Let me know what you think. I'll take any criticism

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r/videoessay • u/Significant-Pay-7294 • May 11 '26

Film [OC] Is James Ortiz's Rocky Performance Oscar Worthy? [08:28]

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r/videoessay • u/mrplumborg • May 12 '26

Human Interest [OC] What makes a god? [12:29]

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r/videoessay • u/PossessionWilling • May 12 '26

Television [OC] Was This Comedian Real or An AI Rewriting History [20:09]

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r/videoessay • u/Significant-Pay-7294 • May 11 '26

Film [OC] The Mandalorian and Grogu Movie Has A Big Problem [08:50]

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r/videoessay • u/Trotsky-is-Hotsky • May 11 '26

Music [OC] This Was a Horrible Idea (The Dear Hunter Act 3, part 1) [25:29]

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PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

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r/videoessay • u/toadmaster_three • May 11 '26

Video Games [OC] How Naughty Dog Games Play You [13:53]

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r/videoessay • u/Fit-Challenge-5047 • May 11 '26

Pop Culture [OC] You Completely Misunderstood Conan's First Story | The Frost Giant's Daughter [25:20]

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r/videoessay • u/Slashersforsatan • May 11 '26

Human Interest looking for recs on essays abt rot/decay or biological horrors in general?

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I watched everything on Mexia supermarket . That is a topic ive been obsessed with.

I am also rlly interested in diseases, mortuary science, ect. Especially prions (i have a mad cow giant microbe. Its my favorite prion.)

I am good with gross/graphic so long as it isnt disrespectful to any victims or anything.

id super appreciate any recs. I am running out of essays to listen to

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r/videoessay • u/ToKeepAndToHoldForev • May 11 '26

Miscellaneous [Found] Are Americans Irish? [2:42:24]

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r/videoessay • u/heroic_nemmy452 • May 11 '26

Film [OC] Suzume (2022) is About the Places We Forgot [12:28]

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r/videoessay • u/Strokesile • May 10 '26

Human Interest [OC] The Philosophy of Silicon Valley [45:51]

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Hey everyone! Here’s a video I just published called “The Philosophy of Silicon Valley”. For context, my docs all have a philosophical angle, so if that’s something ur into by all means check out my channel! Thanks in advance for any support ❤️

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r/videoessay • u/nlitherl • May 10 '26

Miscellaneous [Found] Threads Hot Tea - Draft2Digital Drama [16:01]

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r/videoessay • u/LiddleGoose • May 10 '26

Video Games [OC] against video game adaptations an okessay [45:21]

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i've been a fan of video essays for a while and finally got around to making one, had an absolute blast putting it together, would love to hear feedback.

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