Free Speech and Censorship
Open to the Public?
This documentary takes a critical look at the history and future of public space--from the Agora to shopping malls to NYC's community gardens. The film unrolls the complicated relationship between public and private control over space. Featuring scholars, activists and community organizers, including Don Mitchell, Sharon Zukin, Galen Kranz, and Rob Robbins. More info...
2011 TRT: 28 minutes #338
Surveilling Surveillance
As of 2010, an average person in a democratic, industrialized country is under more surveillance than ever before. In this video, an attorney, a sociologist and an artist – each of whom have a unique relationship with surveillance – discuss what it means to live in a surveillance culture. This video is meant to provoke questions, start conversations and raise awareness.From government wiretapping to Facebook, GPS systems to credit card swipes, Google searches to nanny cams- how are you being watched? More info...
2010 TRT: 28 minutes #336
Free Speech vs. the FCC
A live show that took place immediately after the micropower radio support group, Free Speech, announced its plans to bring a case against the FCC and fight against the FCC policies that restrict our rights to freedom of speech. More info...
1998 TRT: 28 minutes #275
Mighty Morphin’ Censorship: Who’s Watching Children’s Television?
Are you worried about children's television? Do you oppose censorship, but wish that violent cartoons would disappear off your television screen? In this video, media historian Heather Hendershot looks at how and why adults have tried to censor children's TV. From within Pee-Wee¹s Playhouse and atop the Fisher-Price Playhouse, Hendershot explains how activists have succeeded in the past, how Reganomics affected children's TV, and what the V-chip may mean for the future of television. More info...
1997 TRT: 23 minutes #268
Robert McChesney Takes on Media Globalization
Media historian Robert McChesney expains the conglomeration of culture and information in this tape from PTTV-Great Lakes. From Murdoch to Microsoft, the big bullies of the new media enviromnment are pushing their way to the front of the line, leaving the forces for democracy, diversity, and decentralization scrambling to catch up. McChesney explains the impact of the new telecommunications laws on chances for fair and open media landscape, and where the next big battles are shaping up. More info...
1997 TRT: 28 minutes #267
Narrowcasting: Technology and the Rise of the Christian Right
Sit back but don¹t relax as Paper Tiger TV takes a cruise to the land of the Christian Right, "the most powerful grassroots movement in America today." This video explores the Christian Right's use of a constellation of communication technologies: satellite networks, cable TV, video production and the internet to achieve their vision for the future, a dark void of democracy. Stealth campaigning, wedge issues, and "family values" are some of the black holes navigated in this program. More info...
1996 TRT: 28 minutes #265
No Carrier: Accessing the Telecom Act of 1996
Featuring Nolan Bowie and Doug Schuler, NO CARRIER breaks down the main components of the Telecommunicatoins Act of 1996. Find out why this law is bad for the public interest and how you can fight for a more public telecommunications system. More info...
1996 TRT: 28 minutes #266
Mumia Abu-Jamal: Giving a Face to the Death Penalty
Who is Mumia Abu-Jamal and why has he been sentenced to death in the state of Pennsylvania? This tape looks at the personal history of Mumia Abu-Jamal, from his membership in the Black Panther Party to his career as an award-winning journalist, to his unfair trial and sentencing in the death of a Philadelphia police officer. More info...
1995 TRT: 28 minutes #260
NetRoots: Cultivating the Digital Park
Remember life before the Internet? Produced in 1994, this show gives an early analysis of information equity issues surrounding the 'Net that still plague us today. The show is an examination of the need for a policy that guarantees public access to the information superhighway: new computer networks and information resources are sprouting up all over the globe as new users continue to redefine and cultivate the communications landscape. More info...
1994 TRT: 28 minutes #247
Spoken by an Actor
This tape looks at media representation of the conflict in Northern Ireland and at the Hollywood-style misrepresentation in films such as "Patriot Games." These images, along with the legislative censorship in Ireland and Britain, create an inaccurate and one-sided view of what is happening there. This tape highlights the complex nature of the problems caused by years of stereotyped images and the censorship of alternative viewpoints. More info...
1993 TRT: 28 minutes #237