1995 | 00:57:30 | United States | English | Color | Mono | 4:3 | Video
Collection: Single Titles
Tags: Holiday, Media Analysis, Television
Pirated satellite feeds revealing U.S. media personalities’ contempt for their viewers come full circle in Spin. TV out-takes appropriated from network satellite feeds unravel the tightly-spun fabric of television—a system that silences public debate and enforces the exclusion of anyone outside the pack of journalists, politicians, spin doctors, and televangelists who manufacture the news. Spin moves through the L.A. riots and the floating TV talk-show called the 1992 U.S. presidential election.
An excerpt of this title is also available on Presidents and Elections.
Prizes + Awards
Sydney Film Festival, Audience Votes Top Five Picks
Charlotte Film and Video Festival, Best of the Best Prize, 1995
Exhibitions + Festivals
Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival (CPH:DOX), Denmark, 2013
Dallas Video Festival, Dallas, TX, 1995
International Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1996
Monash University Museum of Art, Victoria, Australia, 2015