The First Film Is Something We Invent Later
Six famous early films, and almost every label on them is wrong. What the tidying removes is the collaboration, and that is the interesting part.
Aug 11, 2026
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30 articles from the Videojam editorial team.
The Spaceship Came Before the Record
Afrofuturism gets read as imagery applied to music. The order the work was made in says the reverse, and it produced a science fiction feature.
Aug 11, 2026
When a Film Has to Carry Music, It Leaves the Real World
A 1941 afterlife, a 1947 dream western, two recent dystopias. Films built around music keep reaching for the fantastic, and it is structural.
Aug 11, 2026
An LLM Flagged 1,632 Videos. One Was Real.
We rebuilt our copyright triage from scratch. An LLM flagged four of five videos. The only signal that worked read who uploaded a video, not its content.
Jul 12, 2026
Why Intimate Live Session Videos Still Win
Artist spotlight: live jam and session videos, Sofar-style performances and why the smallest rooms produce the most honest music video.
Jun 25, 2026
Barcelona Outward: A Field Guide to the Open-Air Set
The cinematic open-air DJ set: Korolova, Ben Böhmer, Monolink and Solomun, filmed somewhere extraordinary and built to be watched end to end, not sampled.
Jun 22, 2026
EDM Videos Worth Watching Right Now
Curated EDM clips and electronic dance music videos: where to find house, techno, and club-ready visuals without drowning in the algorithmic feed.
Jun 22, 2026
What Is a Video Jam?
A video jam is a curated music-video session: genre-organized discovery, continuous play, and intimate live clips on Videojam. Here's what the name means.
Jun 19, 2026
Burna Boy Facts: How a Tiny Coachella Font Created the 'African Giant'
Burna Boy turned a small-print insult on a festival poster into an album title, a brand, and a Grammy. Plus the Kanye coincidence that boosted 'Ye' and the Toni Braxton sample in 'Last Last'.
Jun 6, 2026
An Engineer's Love Letter to the Music Video
Between art film and advertisement, the music video became one of the most inventive visual forms of the last fifty years. A case for loving it openly.
Jun 5, 2026