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Credit Card Debt Opera
Paper Tiger looks at the misleading combination of confusing credit card contracts and advertising for credit cards that don't ever mention the contract details and glamorize consumption. More info...
Right to the City
IndyVideo and Paper Tiger Television present a 3-part DVD on the Right to the City (RTTC) Alliance in New York City. In a city run by moneyed interests, a united front is forming to win the real and lasting changes needed to make the city a place that provides decent living conditions for majority of New Yorkers, not just the wealthy few. More info...
2009 TRT: 1 hour 52 minutes #331
Infiltrating the Underground: The Corporatization of Radical Culture
This Paper Tiger Television production was created in collaboration with author and activist Anne Elizabeth Moore. The show takes a look at how corporations are chipping away at democracy and personal integrity by copying the style and techniques of alternative culture. The program examines how and why anti-corporate culture and independent media have been co-opted by corporate advertising and their profit-making agenda, examining instances where the government and big business collude to silence independent voices—and concerns for social justice. More info...
2008 TRT: 28 minutes #328
Market This!: Queer Radicals Respond to Gay Assimilation
While global capitalism is a defining feature of our times, many engage in an anti-capitalist resistance. MARKET THIS! is a timely documentary that explores the desire for radical politics and culture in the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Two-Spirited and Transgender community. The documentary began in 1999 after the Queeruption gathering in New York City. More info...
2003 TRT: 28 minutes #310
Who's Paying the Price?
Who's Paying the Price : Paper Tiger's second project on the September 11 tragedy concentrates on the effects of the events on the people of New York. The project includes interviews with labor union and welfare rights activists, those who have lost their jobs directly or indirectly because of 9/11, cab drivers and homeless people. It examines the government''s economic plans that are geared to help corporations (most of which were already in trouble before 9/11) with bailouts and trickle-down economics while ignoring those most in need. More info...
2002 TRT: 28 minutes #309
Showdown in Seattle (1 hour version)
A one hour version of the five-part "Showdown in Seattle" series produced by Paper Tiger TV, in coalition with Changing America, Whispered Media, Big Noise, VideoActive, and the Independent Media Center. This unprecedented media collaboration makes public the voices and concerns of tens of thousands from all over the world who gathered in Seattle, Washington to protests the World Trade Organization's Millennium meeting, December 1999. This tape contains edited versions of all 5 shows that were satellite cast during the WTO's ministerial. More info...
1999 TRT: 1 hour #294
Showdown in Seattle: Five Days that Shook the WTO (Entire Series)
A five part series produced by Paper Tiger TV, in coalition with Changing America, Whispered Media, Big Noise, VideoActive, and the Independent Media Center. This unprecedented media collaboration makes public the voices and concerns of tens of thousands from all over the world who gathered in Seattle, Washington to protests the World Trade Organization's Millennium meeting in December 1999. This tape contains all 5 shows that were satellite cast during the WTO's ministerial. More info...
1999 TRT: 2 hours 30 minutes #288
Showdown in Seattle: Seattle Prelude (Part 1)
In part 1 of this 5-part series, the issue of the WTO ministerial is laid out by Kevin Danaher of Global Exchange, Anuradha Mittal of Food First, and author Michael Parenti. Seattle warms up as thousands pour into the city for week-long rallies and demonstrations and speak to the question: why we are here? Included are acrobatic banner drops, a building takeover by housing activists and preparations by the Direct Action Network. Interviews with Jubilee 2000 participants, labor leaders, and congress people Maxine Waters and Paul Wellstone. More info...
1999 TRT: 28 minutes #289
Showdown in Seattle: What Democracy Looks Like (Part 5)
In the final part of the 5-part Showdown in Seattle series, the WTO ends in failure and celebration. Interviews with Victor Menotti (Int. Forum on Globalization), John Mwaniki (Zimbabwe delegate), Lori Wallach (Public Citizen), Scott Nova (Citizen Trade Campaign), Mr. Shinohara (Japanese delegate), and others. A look at the youth participation in the Seattle protest and what the WTO means to them. The Longshoreman rally closes labor's week of events. An ironic look at holiday shopping in Seattle during the siege. More info...
1999 TRT: 28 minutes #293
Putting the Demo Back in Democracy
"Putting the Demo Back in Democracy" features the Mogul World Tour '97. In addition to giving viewers valuable information about media ownership and activities of each conglomerate target, a wide range of rabblerousers discuss the issues at stake. Join Jeff Cohen, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR); Mark Crispin Miller, New York University media studies; Dee Dee Halleck, Deep Dish TV; Robert McChesney, communications historian, and many others! More info...
1998 TRT: 1 hour #273