Tag: Tongues Untied
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We supply the iconic public TV shows, you bring your questions — and the snacks.View our online screening of William F. Buckley’s ‘Firing Line’
With excerpts and interviews, we looked back at the influential public affairs show.‘Tongues Untied’: a debate on purpose and courage
The film wasn't explicitly on the agenda for the first of two open-mike sessions at the Public Television Annual Meeting June 23, ...Ottinger and Kobin: two broadcast managers who stood up for diversity of viewpoints
Two controversies put public TV general managers to the test: How far would they extend their necks for the principle that public ...Tongues re-tied? Filmmaker Marlon Riggs speaks for a group mainstream America would prefer to ‘erase’
"'Tongues Untied' was motivated by a singular imperative: to shatter America's brutalizing silence around matters of sexual and racial difference. Yet despite ...Many stations nix or delay film about black gay men
At least 17 major stations have opted not to air “Tongues Untied.”
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