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About media Tony Ramos
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Draft resisters.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- Amnesty--United States.
- Amnesty.
- Television broadcasting of news--United States.
- Television broadcasting of news.
- Draft resisters.
- Genre:
- Interviews
- Video art.
- video art.
- Video art
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (26 min., 1 sec.)) sound, color with black and white sequences
- Contained In:
- EAI online catalogue (Electronic Arts Intermix)
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, NY?] [publisher not identified] [1977]
- Language Note:
- In English with optional English closed captions
- System Details:
- digital
- video file
- Summary:
- "Ramos' astute deconstruction of television news focuses on the media coverage of President Jimmy Carter's 1977 declaration of amnesty for Vietnam War draft resisters, and his personal involvement with the issue. Ramos, who had served an eighteen-month prison sentence for draft resistence, was interviewed by New York news reporter Gabe Pressman. Using repetition and juxtaposition, he contrasts the unedited interview footage — and patronizing comments of the news crew — with Pressman's final televised news report. In his ironic manipulation of the material, Ramos exposes the illusion and artifice of television news."-- Provided by Electronic Art Intermix
- Credits:
- Filmmaker, Tony Ramos
- Notes:
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1977
- Online resource; title from title frame (EAI, viewed December 16, 2025)
- OCLC:
- 1564033281
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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