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Snow job: the media hysteria of AIDS

Title
Snow job: the media hysteria of AIDS [videorecording] / produced by Barbara Hammer.
Publication
New York : B. Hammer, 1986.

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Additional Authors
Hammer, Barbara.
Description
1 videocassette (10 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
This videotape confronts the media's distortion and misrepresentation of the AIDS crisis, "a snow job" promoting homophobia, discrimination and repression of gays. A formal device of repeated and variable computer-generated snow patterns and formations suggests the media cover-up. Provocative, sensationalized headlines from newspapers and magazines punctuate the imagery. The soundtrack consists of radio show questions and responses regarding the disease.
Subject
  • AIDS (Disease)
  • Homosexuality
Credits (note)
  • Producer, director, Barbara Hammer.
Title
Snow job: the media hysteria of AIDS [videorecording] / produced by Barbara Hammer.
Imprint
New York : B. Hammer, 1986.
Credits
Producer, director, Barbara Hammer.
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Hammer, Barbara.
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VTH 207 S
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