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Turn It On, Tune It In, Take It Over!

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Producer(s)	Erika Surat Andersen
Director(s)	David Shulman
Release Date	1992
Runtime	52 min
Format(s)	video
Language(s)	English
Youth Media	no

Film Description

Turn It On, Tune It In, Take It Over! is a portrait of freedom of expression at the entry to the electronic age. The video was distilled from hundreds of hours of footage shot mostly in the early 1970s, using the first portable video format the 1/2" open-reel, black and white, battery operated, video portapak. The piece recovers an almost lost and forgotten era of television history, when participation set out to conquer passivity, and when process was more important than product. Placing local needs above ratings and commercial interests, this era saw the birth of a dream, to produce a real alternative to network TV a "people's television."