1976 | United States | Archival

Selections from the Five Day Bicycle Race (Image Union)

  • English - 62 mins
  • Director | Videofreex
  • Writer | -
  • Producer | -

STATUS: Released

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A collage of informal interviews and short clips, this collection of material comes from guerilla TV excursions at the 1976 Democratic National Convention. Conducted off hand, usually amidst crowds of other journalists, the footage oscillates between slight antagonisms, genuine interest, and tongue-in-cheek play. The sheer breadth of participants being engaged with, however, is quite impressive as the soon-to-be First Lady, Jesse Jackson, David Dellinger, Bella Abzug and Jerry Brown all make appearances. Other notable figures on the news and reporting side of things are interviewed as well, providing meta-commentary on the ways in which information is disseminated and controlled in highly produced publicity events such as this.

Guerilla TV Political Documentary 1970s Convention Coverage Social Commentary Archival Footage Experimental Documentary Counterculture
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