Oral History

Celebrate Life: Bruce Seifer 07/16/2021

Gary De Carolis interviews Bruce Seifer.

Celebrate Life: Joan Lenes 06/04/2021

Gary De Carolis interviews Joan Lenes.

Recollections of a Ruthless Rider: Recounting Vietnam : The Making of A Helicopter Pilot 05/17/2021

John W. “Bill” Pospisil, Jr., U.S. Army Captain, recalls his time in Vietnam during the Vietnam War in a series of interviews. He was in Troop A, 7th Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, in Vietnam from October 21, 1968 to October 17, 1969.

Celebrate Life: Peter Edwards 05/07/2021

Gary De Carolis interviews Peter Edwards.

Celebrate Life: Eddie Baker 05/07/2021

Gary De Carolis interviews Eddie Baker.

Puerto Cabezas Stories - Nestor Traducio Diver Becomes Forester 05/01/2021

This program is shared with CCTV from Burlington's sister city Puerto Cabezas. It tells the story of how a diver, made sick by decompression sickness from repeated dives, becomes a forester.

Stump the Chumps: Trivia with Joey Donovan, Jane Merola McKenzie and Former Mayor Peter Clavelle 04/29/2021

Bill Keogh and Joey Donovan are joined by Former Mayor Peter Clavelle and Jane Merola McKenzie on the latest virtual installment of Stump the Chumps!

Jet Line: Voicemails from the Flight Path 04/15/2021

This short documentary employs an anonymous hotline to elevate the voices beneath Vermont’s F-35 flight path, the first urban residents to live with one of the US military’s most controversial weapons systems overhead.

Tranquil scenes of unassuming neighborhoods near Burlington International Airport are juxtaposed with voicemails of the unheard, those drowned out by the ear-shattering “sound of freedom.”

Exploring the relationship between picturesque residential areas and the deafening weapons systems overhead, Jet Line is a poetic portrait of a community plagued by war machines, documenting untenable conditions in a small city once voted one of the best places to live in America.

Directed by Duane Peterson III & Patrick McCormack

Learn more at jetlinefilm.com

Gospel Fest 2021 02/26/2021

The New Alpha Missionary Baptist Church is pleased to present Gospel Fest 2021. Since 1990, Gospel Fest, held annually, celebrates Black History Month and highlights the history of gospel music and the talents of gospel artists from Vermont and throughout our extended community. This year, CCTV Productions helped put together a history of Gospel Fest featuring interviews from participants and archival footage going back to the first Gospel Fest in 1993.

Stump the Chumps: Charlie's Boathouse - Tribute to Charlie Auer 02/26/2021

Bill Keogh and Joey Donovan are joined by Charlie Auer, owner of Charlie's Boathouse.

Charlie Auer passed away February 17th, 2021 at the age of 89. In tribute, Bill Keogh says a few words about Charlie and his impact on Burlington before re-airing this episode of Stump the Chumps.

Featured Story

CCTV Receives NEH Grant to Support Community Archives

CCTV Center for Media & Democracy is pleased to announce receipt of a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant alongside 32 peer archival institutions across the country. This $49,927 grant award will support efforts to preserve and expand access to audio/visual community history materials in the CCTV Archives. Read more about this opportunity here!