Davidson's Jail Tape
1971 | 00:27:20 | United States | English | B&W | Mono | 4:3
Collection: Videofreex Archive, Early Video Art, Single Titles
Tags: Activism, Documentation, History
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Footage from the May Day 1971 events in Washington DC. Davidson, a Videofreex member, gets arrested, and what follows is rarely seen footage of the inside of the detainment bus and the jail cell, videotaped by an arrestee. The scene on the bus is rowdy, while the scenes at the jail are somewhat more low key--men lounging around, somebody playing a guitar, a Frisbee game. But over time, the cell becomes increasingly more crowded, and the program culminates in the inmates plotting how they will get out.


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