The Algiers Killings by Janet Densmore

Produced for the Communications Update, 
Spring 1981, series

Eye-witness testimony of a grand jury case
involving killings by police in New Orleans' 
black community. This documentary program 
was initially shown on C-Update in October 1981
following censorship in New Orleans. Some of
Densmore's original footage was incorporated
into a CBS 60 Minutes treatment of the story
a year and a half later.

Screening Dates:
October 1981    C-Update, MCTV, New York City
January 1982   The Kitchen, Video Viewing Room
Fall 1982           PBS Station, Houston, Texas
May 1983          Art Expo Chicago
May 1983          The Museum of Modern Art

Instructions to Producers and First Draft of Schedule for Communications Update 1982 Spring Series

Polisario Front : An interview with Abdullah Madjid by Liza Béar

Produced for the Communications Update,
Spring 1981, series

An interview with Abdullah Madjid,
representative for the Western Sahara territories
at the United Nations (exact title to be
checked on tape) by Liza Béar.

Poster : Spring 1982 Series Screening at The Kitchen

At the time, 1983, The Kitchen was located on Broome Street in SoHo.  Robert Stearns may still have been

director before he relocated to Ohio. (datesT K ) The Kitchen administered the  invaluable Media Bureau which, provided funds--very small amounts--fairly fast with a minimum of paperwork. for video production. Eric Bogosian ran the Media Bureau. for a while (dates TK)

Communications Update at New Museum

Liza Béar and Milly Iatrou present segments from Communication Update's Spring 1982 series at New Museum including "The Very Reverend Deacon b. Peachy," "A Matter of Facts," "Crime Tales" and "Lighter Than Air." 

Mark Magill
Lighter Than Air, 1982

by Mark Magill

A scientific comedy on helium, buoyancy,
nuclear fusion and lighter than air travel.

still from

Crime Tales, 1982
by Robert Burden and Dictelio Cepeda

On location in Union Square, New York: hard facts and hard humor about a hard way of life, Music by E.J. Rodriguez.

Stephan Balint and Boris Major

A Matter of Facts, 1982
by Eric Mitchell
in collaboration with Squat Theatre

Starting with a scene from Squat Theatre's Mr Dead and Mrs Free,  A Matter of Facts draws a parallel narrative which follows the characters into real life.

Ronald Morgan
The Very Reverend Deacon b. Peachy, 1982
by Iatrou and Morgan

A satire of tele-evangelism. The Very Reverend and Sister Mary Lola in this first episode of an on-going saga.



A 60-minute version of this program is now running on Monitor B in the Fifth Floor resource room of the New Museum. It will continue to play for a week through next Thursday. Museum admission is FREE on Thursdays from 7 to 9 pm.

30th Anniversary: The Very Reverend Deacon b. Peachy

March 10, 2012, marked the 30th anniversary of The Very Reverend Deacon b. Peachy's first broadcast on Communications Update. We will commemorate the occasion by sharing excerpts on the Iatrou and Morgan channel.

C-Update 1980 Series 1: Excerpts

BLOGGER TECH ISSUES RE-UPLOADING.

For video excerpts go to LINKS

Tina L'Hotsky in Hollywood Past and Future 1980

Program segments:  an onsite demo of MCA's Discovision videodisc;

Actress/filmmaker Tina L'Hotsky gives her version of New Wave history

and talks about making Woody Allen movies and her own Super 8.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8lQF7Rz-bA