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People's Video Theater

Date
1970

People's Video Theater, New York City, founded by Elliot Glass and Ken Marsh; an alternative video journalism collective emphasizing community video and political issues. Conducts weekend screenings in which the audience discussions are taped and replayed. Members include Judy Fiedler, Howard Gudstadt, Molly Hughes, Ben Levine, Richard Malone, Elaine Milosh and Richard Nusser.

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People's Video Theater is a New York City alternative video journalism collective founded by Elliot Glass and Ken Marsh; it emphasized community video and political issues and conducted weekend screenings in which audience discussions were taped and replayed. Members included Judy Fiedler, Howard Gudstadt, Molly Hughes, Ben Levine, Richard Malone, Elaine Milosh and Richard Nusser.

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