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Shock Video

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Genre
documentary television program

How it feels

This documentary series looks at how video technology changed society. It covers the spread of camcorders and surveillance cameras. Later episodes focus on explicit clips from different countries.

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What happens

Shock Video is a series of hour-long documentaries that aired on HBO between 1993 and 2004. They were produced by Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato through their company World of Wonder. The first installment examines the rise and effects of camcorders and video surveillance. The 1995 sequel focuses on graphic footage shown in criminal trials. Both were aired as part of HBO's America Undercover series. Subsequent installments of Shock Video serve as compilations of clips from around the world which are typically sexual in nature. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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