Save KLSD (2012)

Directed by

Jon Monday

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film explains how media consolidation affects democracy in the United States. It includes interviews with media experts and commentators who discuss the impact of large corporations controlling news outlets.

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What happens

Save KLSD is a 2012 documentary film about the history and effects of media consolidation on democracy in the United States. Over the course of four and a half years, the producers attended media reform conferences, conducted research, and filmed interviews and presentations by leading media reform experts and commentators. In 2015 a one-hour version was posted on YouTube. Those involved in the film include: Bill Moyers, Robert Reich, Van Jones, Phil Donahue, Ed Schultz, David Shuster, Cenk Uygur, Amy Goodman, Thom Hartmann, Stacy Taylor, John Nichols, Richard Wolffe, Randi Rhodes, Congressman Bob Filner, Jon Adelstein, Robert McChesney, Bob Edgar, Mike Aguirre, Marjorie Cohn, Michael Krasny, J.W. August, Andrew Donohue, Marti Emerald, and author Eric Klinenberg. Save KLSD is narrated by Bree Walker and Jon Elliott. It is produced by Jennifer Douglas and Jon Monday, and directed by Jon Monday for distribution by mondayMEDIA. It was released on DVD in April 2012. The film's national broadcast premiered on Link TV on Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 2:30pm PST. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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