‘Public Access' Review: A Messy, Occasionally Rich Documentary Trip Through the Chaotic World of New York Public Access Television

From porn to LGBTQ visibility and various other empowered marginalized voices, David Shadrack Smith's Sundance entry covers a ...
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Public access: A captivating look at the radical roots of public television

Explore the anarchic early days of public access television in NYC with this mesmerizing archival documentary produced by ...

‘Public Access’ Review: A Serviceable Primer of Free-Speech Television Fails to Capture Its Bizarre Spirit

Sundance: The all-archival documentary adopts a stubbornly conventional approach to its decidedly unconventional material.
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Kink, Cranks and Saving Lives: How Public Access TV Made Modern America

Public Access, a new documentary from director David Shadrack Smith that premieres tonight at the Sundance Film Festival, is ...
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‘Public Access’ review: Fascinating study of US community TV boom exec-produced by Benny Safdie

David Shadrack Smith's Sundance title uses archive footage to recall the glory days of public access television ...
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Our Voice: Local governments should allow public access to broadcast on cable TV

The audacious hope that Bay City-area cable television customers could tune into a true public-access television channel is burning once again. Charter Communications, the local cable TV supplier ...