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Pirate Radio USA
Jeff Pearson 2006
Categories: Documentary, Feature, Music
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Run time: 83 min. | USA | Language: English | color
Pirate Radio USA is a feature length digital documentary about the underground world of illegal radio in America, where people play what they want and say what they want—unless the FCC catches them…

DJ’s Him and Her, from their live Pirate Radio USA Studio, take you on a rock –n-roll journey inside rogue radio stations across the country to see why Americans defy Federal Law to free the radio airwaves.

On the way see the rise of Big Media, the growth of Citizen Media to encounter it, and witness their showdown over the truth during the 1999 World Trade Organization meetings in Seattle.

Pirate Radio USA was broadcast-- or really microcast-- with a 4 watt transmitter live, as an uninterrupted radio program. The effect will be to ‘see’ a live pirate radio microcast about pirate radio: a first.

See the battle to free the airwaves live-- and find out the real price of freedom.

It’s not about Left vs. Right, it's about Big vs. Small.

Festivals screened at include:
Austin Film Festival
Bermuda International Film Festival
Woods Hole Film Festival
Rhode Island International Film Festival
Wine Country Film Festival
Anchorage International Film Festival
Victoria Independent Film and Video Festival
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Jeff Pearson
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Jeff Pearson
 
producer
Mary Jones
music director
Mary Jones
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Rated 4.0/5 Stars
ianr
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As thurbs said, it's tough to watch this film and not get angry. One of the biggest problems with our current political system is that the discourse is so skewed in favor of the big corporations that control our media, and this film provides a look at how they try to maintain that control. However, for a movie that could easily be an angry diatribe, they manage to keep a great sense of humor, which makes for a very entertaining film.
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