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| De-Interlaced: Surviving the Mess Media 78 Minutes, Unrated (contains mild language and some violent news footage), filmed in MiniDV This feature acts as a mass media survival guide for the informed citizen, describing the forces that shape our mainstream media system -- politics, advertising, government, and technology. These forces are then used to describe why some issues are covered (Tsunami, Martha Stuart, Paris Hilton, Street Crime), why some issues are not covered (gentrification, Free Trade Agreements, Third World Genocide), and why only the most homogenized content makes it through the Hollywood system. It then highlights what alternative forms of media are resisting these trends. Interviews include: Scott Beibin (Lost Film Fest), Penny Lane (Indymedia), Richard Rhames (Biddeford Public Access), Steve Thaxton (Gannet Broadcasting), Mary Caroline Powers (Broadcast Journalism), Noam Chomsky (Co-author of Manufacturing Consent), and more... |