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Judith Williamson Consumes Passionately in Southern California

Paper Tiger Television

1987 00:21:28 United StatesEnglishColor

Description

"Noted critic Judith Williamson ventures from her English home to a shopping mall in Southern California to proffer some opinions on the working of American culture under capitalism. Using the exponential increase in the numbers and styles of socks available in the marketplace as a wry point of departure, Williamson shops for socks and questions the dubious need for a specific style of sock for just about any endeavor one could name."

—1987 AFI Video Festival Catalogue

Paper Tiger Television (PTTV) is an open, non-profit, volunteer video collective that began in 1981. Through the production and distribution of their public access series, media literacy/video production workshops, community screenings and grassroots advocacy, PTTV works to challenge and expose the corporate control of mainstream media. PTTV believes that increasing public awareness of the negative influence of mass media and involving people in the process of making media is mandatory for the long term goal of information equity.