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Take a rock n roll journey inside the underground world of illegal radio in the US.
Pirate Radio USA is a feature length documentary about the underground world of unlicensed radio in the USA, where people play what they want and say what they want—unless the FCC catches them…
On the way, see the rise of Big Media, the growth of Citizen Media to counter it, and witness their showdown over the truth during the 1999 World Trade Organization meetings in Seattle.
DJ’s Him and Her, from their live Pirate Radio USA Studio, take you on a rock-n-roll journey inside rogue radio stations across the country to see why Americans defy Federal Law to free the radio airwaves.
- Directed by Jeff Pearson
- Written by Jeff Pearson
- Produced by Mary Jones
- Running Time 83 min
- Release Date 2006
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Country
United States of America
- Content Rating Intended Audience: family
- Website Pirate Radio USA
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Written by Jeff Pearson
Produced by Mary Jones
Cast Mary Jones: DJ Her
Jeff Pearson: DJ Him
Cyndacated: DJ Aunt Flo
Petri Dish: Petri Dish
jonathan jay: DJ Realtime
Mark Simon: Camera Operator
Chris Millar: Asst. Editor, Camera Operator
Dex Manley: Editor, Sound Design
Matt Schutte: Location Audio
Oxford Film Festival
Victoria Independent Film & Video Festival
Red Rocks Film Festival -- Best Feature (Won)
Anchorage International Film Festival
Austin Film Festival
BendFilm Festival
Napa-Sonoma Wine Country Film Festival -- Best Documentary Feature (Won)
Rhode Island International Film Festival
Woods Hole Film Festival
Bermuda International Film Festival
Technical Description:
Pirate Radio USA is broadcast live, as an uninterrupted radio program. Almost the entire film, including voice over, is played as pre-recorded audio segments that are rolled in and out of the live broadcast as it happens. The effect will be to ‘see’ a live pirate radio broadcast about pirate radio, a first.
When I began my journey into pirate radio in 1996, I never imagined it would end, a decade later, in the documentary feature, "Pirate Radio USA."
We were total beginners when we began this project—neither of us had made a movie before. One of my favorite accomplishments is making up for the lack of B-roll footage in all the cities we visited by creating toy models of each city, and shooting both still and action shots (planes flying, buses rolling by, smoke and flames). We proved to ourselves that we can do a lot with relatively little in the way of financial resources, and still create something that people enjoy and are motivated by.
The main idea we find that people walk away from Pirate Radio USA with is that none of this is really an issue of Left vs. Right, but instead one of Big vs. Small---an idea I find resonates across many boundaries, probably because we're all pretty much Small.
