Here Come the Videofreex

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Here Come the Videofreex

2015

1h 19m

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The history of the video collective in the 1960s and 1970s.

David Lewis

San Francisco Chronicle

It's like we're seeing a home movie, except this home movie is taking us on a whirlwind tour through the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Rated: 3/4

Mar 17, 2016

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Alan Scherstuhl

Village Voice

Can't-miss viewing for culture heads.

Mar 8, 2016

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Glenn Kenny

New York Times

Concise and informative ...

Mar 8, 2016

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Benjamin Mercer

Brooklyn Magazine

Extraordinary stranger-than-fiction story.

Nov 30, 2016

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Brian Gibson

Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Alberta)

Worth watching for this pioneering New York video collective's frontline-reportage from the counterculture wars of 1969-71.

Jun 2, 2016

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Sarah Boslaugh

Playback:stl

...offers a useful reminder of how the news world changed with the 1967 introduction of the Sony Portapak, a compact audio/video recording system that allowed recording of simultaneous sound and video for immediate playback.

Rated: 6/10

May 1, 2016

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An eye-opening look at a time before I was born, when a few revolutionaries challenged the big TV networks changed the way we use video forever.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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The history of the video collective in the 1960s and 1970s.

Director: Jon Nealon, Jenny Raskin
Producer: Jenny Raskin, Jon Nealon
Production Co: Moldy Tapes
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 16, 2017
Runtime: 1h 19m

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