Science and Technology
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
Showdown in Seattle: People Unite, Police Riot (Part 2)
In part 2 of this 5-part series, direct action blockades by activists delay the beginning of the WTO meetings and are met by Seattle police and barrages of chemical weapons and rubber bullets. Labor launches their big rally and march through Seattle with nearly every labor leader in attendance making their voices heard. A segment on how riot batons are manufactured with graphic illustration of their (mis)use by Seattle police. The show culminates with the Police blockade of the Independent Media Center as curfew falls over an uncertain Seattle. More info...
1999 TRT: 28 minutes #290
D.I.Y. MicroPower Radio Workshop
In 1998, as the deregulatory fervor following passage of the 1996 Telecommunications Act allowed further consolidation of radio station ownership, low-power FM stations took to the air and to the road to spread their message of community radio. More info...
1998 TRT: 28 minutes #276
Satellite As Witness
Lisa Parks, film and media professor at the University of California at Santa Barbara, watches the Bosnian War from outer space. More info...
1998 TRT: 28 minutes #281
Checkpoint '95
Live satellite program linking PTTV in New York with Moscow and Austria. Explores virtual reality and tele-robotics in a virtual post-Cold War reality. Produced for Arz Electronica, Linz, Austria. More info...
1995 TRT: 1 hour #261
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
Staking a Claim in Cyberspace: Information Policy for the People
Who is going to build and control the new Information Superhighway: the data, voice and video communication tool of the future? Will 500+ television channels mean greater access for those people and ideas which are currently invisible? Produced for the Deep Dish Satellite Network, this video describes the converging technologies of computers, telephone and interactive TV. Presented are the voices and ideas of media advocates and community organizers working to ensure that the Information Superhighway is accessible and functional for all people. More info...
1993 TRT: 28 minutes #236
Video Dial Tone: Malling our Free Speech
Produced immediately after the FCC ruling on Video Dialtone, this video examines the possible effects of the telecommunications entry into the cable market. How will this ruling effect the hundreds of public access centers around the country? Will the electronic malls envisioned by the telcos provide spaces for free speech and public access? More info...
1992 TRT: 28 minutes #229
TV Turn On: Stepping Up to the Electronic Soapbox
PTTV takes an introspective look into the public access world and answers its own crucial question, why is public access TV so important? During the renegotiation of the Manhattan cable TV contract, demonstrators and community supporters meet outside Time Warner to demand sufficient access to cable television equipment, facilities and administration in order to create a truly democratic media. Produced by Cathy Scott and Amy Melnick. Featuring Mary Ying Welsh, Mary Feaster, Simone Farkhondeh, Linda Iannacone, Joel Katz and Shu Lea Cheang. More info...
1990 TRT: 28 minutes #193
Felt Evidence: Investigating Reproductive Technologies
This video examines abortion, surrogate motherhood, and childbirth in the context of new medical industry technologies. "Felt Evidence" looks at how these technologies, dominated and controlled by men, render women invisible in the decision making process, while the child, commodified and dissociated from the mother's body, becomes the only concern. Intercut with short tongue-in-cheek skits on the history of childbirth and a recipe for a baby. More info...
1989 TRT: 28 minutes #155