Public television : politics and the battle over documentary film / B.J. Bullert.
Material type: TextSeries: Communications, media, and culturePublication details: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, �1997.Description: 1 online resource (xix, 242 pages) : illustrationsContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 0585113874
- 9780585113876
- 0813558085
- 9780813558080
- Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
- Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
- Public television -- United States
- Documentary films -- United States
- Documentary television programs -- United States
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Television & Video
- Documentary films
- Documentary television programs
- Public television
- United States
- 384.55/4/0973 21
- HE8700.79.U6 B85 1997eb
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
Introduction: The Anatomy of Controversy -- Ch. 1. Independent Producers and PBS Programmers -- Ch. 2. Frontline and P.O.V -- Ch. 3. "Dark Circle" -- Ch. 4. "Days of Rage: The Young Palestinians" -- Ch. 5. "Tongues Untied" -- Ch. 6. "Stop the Church" -- Ch. 7. "Roger & Me" and "The Heartbeat of America" -- Conclusion: A Hostile Home.
Public television's original mandate required it to address issues of controversy and facilitate the inclusion of voices and perspectives from outside the established consensus. Through detailed chronology, the author of this text traces how far this obligation has been met.
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