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Moving History MOHAI's Public Access Collection [In-Person Only]
Sun June 11: 5.30pm PDT
$14 General Admission
$10 Student/Child/Senior
$7 NWFF/AF Members
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Series - Moving History
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I broke two prosthetic devices carrying TVs, she says. I dedicated my time, my money, my body to public access. Virginia Brookbush, Seattle Times
Channel 29, Seattles first public access channel, was introduced in 1983 as part of an agreement between the city of Seattle and cable provider Tele-Communications, Inc. (TCI). TCI owned the channel and funded the Northwest Access and Production Center on Aurora, where citizens could learn to operate and rent TV production equipment and record TV programs of their own design.
Virginia Brookbush was one such citizen, and absolutely a cut above the rest. After graduating Idaho State University at age 52, the matron saint of Seattle public-access TV moved to Seattle in 1970, and promptly began laying the foundation for her Community Television Agency (CTA), an organization dedicated to helping amateurs access the communicative potential of television. Brookbushs staunch commitment to uncensored freedom of speech and information was magnetic, and the community she created through her work was highly productive. By the late 1970s, CTA was producing as many as seven half-hour public-access programs a week; predominantly volunteer productions that were financed by Brookbush herself, first from her regular income, and eventually out of her Social Security checks.
This program is a selection of excerpts from CTA shows, digitized from 3/4 U-matic videotapes donated by Brookbushs family to Seattles Museum of History and Industry in 2021. They tell the story of CTAs origins, then vault through a gamut of topics local, international, artistic, spiritual, historical, political that emphasize the inclusion of perspectives that are unlikely to be heard from in mass media.
Addendum: There is an interesting continuity from the CTA-era Seattle Public Access Network, to Seattle Community Access Network (SCAN), to SCCtvs reiteration of SCAN as Seattle Community Media, to 911 Media Arts, Reel Grrls, and finally Northwest Film Forum. A media literacy lineage is clearly visible, rooted in the each one teach one mantra, in all of these nonprofits and collectives who have dedicated themselves to increasing and broadening access to media and helping to dissipate the firehose of the mainstream. From this screening forward, we intend to celebrate that legacy on January 10th: Virginia Brookbush Public Access Day, as declared by Seattle Mayor Charles Royer in 1983.
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LocationNorthwest Film Forum (View)
1515 12th Ave.
Seattle, WA 98122
United States
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Ticketing, concessions, cinemas, restrooms, and our public edit lab are located on Northwest Film Forum's ground floor, which is wheelchair accessible. We have a limited number of assistive listening devices available for programs hosted in our larger theater, Cinema 1. These devices are maintained by the Technical Director, and can be requested at the ticketing and concessions counter.
The Forum does NOT have assistive devices for the visually impaired, and is not (yet) a scent-free venue. Our commitment to increasing access for our audiences is ongoing, and we welcome all public input on the subject!
If you have additional specific questions about accessibility at our venue, please contact our Patron Services Manager at maria@nwfilmforum.org
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