Public Television: Politics and the Battle over Documentary Film (Communications, Media, & Culture)
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| Rating | : | 4.99 (973 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0813524709 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 270 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-12-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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Public Television is illustrated with frames taken from the films discussed, and it includes an exhaustive bibliography that will keep students of television and the communications industry in general at no loss for further sources. Michael Moore's Roger and Me and Steve Talbot's The Heartbreak of America present two in-depth critiques of General Motors. The first chapter includes a political history of public television, beginning with President Johnson's 1967 signing of the Public Broadcasting Act, which, alas, failed to specify a long-term funding strategy. Alas, programmers "stood at the gateway as traffic cops of perspectives" in an era enormously hungry for diverse programming. It actually did get aired (and on the very day the bishops released their letter); however, B
Through detailed chronology, the author of this text traces how far this obligation has been met.. Public television's original mandate required it to address issues of controversy and facilitate the inclusion of voices and perspectives from outside the established consensus
Anthony Tenczar said Essential Reading on Independent Documentary. B.J. Bullert provides compelling view into recent documentaries that have taken a controversial political viewpoint and have had run-ins with the public broadcasting system. The book is organized with a clear case by case structure. Bullert describes in egaging detail the difficulties that filmmakers with socially challenging documentaries have had with the P