The Paper Tiger Television's ART, ACTIVISM and ANALYSIS series

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Paper Tiger Television and Free Speech TV will present ART, ACTIVISM and ANALYSIS, a curated series highlighting some of Paper Tiger’s most outstanding alternative community media. The series consists of thirteen 28-minute shows that cover a wide range of topics from racism, classism, DIY media, domestic violence, the prison-industrial complex, media conglomeration and displacement, just to name a few.

Programs in this Series

Class Dismissed with Howard Zinn-- A Look at How History is Taught in U.S. High Schools - 07/17/2010

2004 Class Dismissed TRT:29:30 Class Dismissed provides a critical look at how U.S. history is taught in high school, at the myths that reduce the complexity of history into simple soundbites, and the information that never seems to make it onto the...

Fenced Out-Queer Teens Rebel Against Repression; Restating the Union - 07/10/2010

2001 Fenced OutTRT:29:30 Fenced Out documents the fight for the Christopher St. pier, a long-established hangout and safe haven for New York City’s youth of color and lower-income, homeless, lesbian, gay bisexual, transgender, questioning and...

America's Least Wanted with FAIR's Janine Jackson; Subverting the Media--ways to make your own - 07/03/2010

1995 America's Least WantedTRT:29:30 Lock your doors, buy 'The Club' and move to Connecticut: crime is everywhere, and according to your local media purveyors, it's getting worse. But is it? "America's Least Wanted"...

Luis R. Beltran Tunes in to Bolivian Miners' Radio; Call It What It Is: Domestic Violence and the Media - 06/26/2010

1991 Luis R. Beltran Tunes in to Bolivian Miners' RadioTRT:29:30 South American scholar Luis Beltran describes the creation and activities of the radical Bolivian miners' radio station poised in the Andes Mountains. For twenty years this...

Donna Haraway Reads 'National Geographic' on Primates; Ted Koppel's Long March as viewed by Dan Rabbit - 06/19/2010

1987 Donna Haraway Reads "The National Geographic" on PrimatesTRT:29:30 How does the "cultured" gorilla, i.e. Koko, come to represent universal man? Author and cultural critic Donna Haraway untangles the web of meanings, tracing...

Richie Perez Watches 'Fort Apache: The Bronx'; Joan Does Dynasty with Theory Diva Joan Braderman - 06/12/2010

1983 Richie Perez Watches "Fort Apache: The Bronx"TRT:29:30 In this show NYC activist Ritchie Pérez gives an in-depth look at the campaign to counteract the negative depictions of Puerto Rican and Blacks in the film Fort Apache: The Bronx...

Paper Tiger Reads PTTV-- a collection of clips from 30 years of Roaring; Herb Schiller Reads the New York Times - 06/05/2010

2007 Paper Tiger Television Reads Paper Tiger Television TRT:29:30 An early innovator in video art and public access television of the early 80’s, PTTV developed a unique, handmade, irreverent aesthetic that experimented with the television...

Featured Story

Applications Now Open for the Spring 2025 Cohort of the Neighborhood Community Media Internship Program

Town Meeting TV is excited to announce that applications are now open for the Spring 2025 cohort of the Neighborhood Community Media Internship program. Join up to 8 other youth to engage in interesting media making projects! This paid media internship opportunity is designed for youth aged 16-20 who are eager to gain professional experience in the audio-visual field and develop a deeper understanding of their local community. The group will meet under the leadership of Town Meeting TV's Travis Washington from the end of January 2025 to the beginning of June 2025, on a schedule agreed upon by the whole cohort. Click here to apply!