afropunk premiere: “here come the videofreex” doc. reveals recently restored archival footage of revolutionary and black panther fred hampton

In the 1960s and 70s, a team of independent alternative journalists known as Videofreex, who initially covered the counterculture beat for CBS News, jumped the mainstream news ship to create the first public access tv station in upstate New York. Videofreex were pioneers in DIY news coverage and some of the first journalists to buck the mainstream corporate news game.

Q&A Screening Info:
Wednesday March 9 (8:00pm):
Q&A with filmmakers Jon Nealon and Jenny Raskin and Videofreex Skip Blumberg and Mary Curtis Ratcliff
Moderator: Ron Simon, Paley Center for Media

Friday March 11 (evening):
Q&A with filmmakers Jon Nealon and Jenny Raskin and Videofreex Skip Blumberg & Parry Teasdale
Moderator: Christopher Allen, Union Docs

Saturday March 12 (matinee):
Q&A with filmmakers Jon Nealon and Jenny Raskin and Videofreex Skip Blumberg & Parry Teasdale
Moderator: Milton Tabbot, IFP

Saturday March 12 (evening):
Q&A with filmmakers Jon Nealon and Jenny Raskin and Videofreex Skip Blumberg & Parry Teasdale
Moderator: Judith Helfand, filmmaker

Sunday March 13 (matinee):
Q&A with filmmakers Jon Nealon and Jenny Raskin and Videofreex Skip Blumberg
Moderator: Deirdre Boyle, media historian, critic and professor

videofreexfilm.com

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