Money |
Is money good or evil? In this inaugural Living Documentary show, Termite TV
travels from Philadelphia, to Buffalo, NY and finally to Minneapolis to
find answers to this very basic question. What is the value of e-bay bargains,
Super-8 Titanic, child labor and food stamps? Tax day festivities question
how our tax dollars are spent - corporate welfare or assistance for the
poor. Special midnight appearance by Bill Clinton. |
Life Stories
from Sitka, Alaska |
Native Alaskans and Alaskan immigrants tell the story of their life in five minutes in the Sitka
public library. A seventeen year old girl remembers the dream where she
turned into a flower; a member of the Tlinget tribe teaches his audience
words in his native tongue; a librarian talks about how she survived cancer.
Others recall how they arrived in Alaska, why they stayed, why they need
to leave, and what they care about in life. |
Violent |
The nature of violence and violent action is explored as Termite TV travels West through
the Badlands of South Dakota. War tax resistors demonstrate in Media, PA.
Views on gun control are heard in Toronto, Canada, Madison, Wisconsin and
finally, in cowboy country - Cody, Wyoming. Frustrations surface and Inner
rage erupts. How many insects were killed to make this show? |
Life Stories
from the Borderlands |
The arid landscape of the Southwest forms the backdrop for the collective's encounters with
unusual and unforgettable characters who share their histories and perspectives.
Through these individual voices, interwoven with bizarre scenes from the
Titan missile museum, the Mexican-American border, and the San Xavier
Mission in Arizona, Termite TV evokes a larger picture of America. |
Rollover |
"At the rate of progress since 1800, every American
who lived in the year 2000 would know how to control unlimited powers."
- Henry Adams, 1907
When did the clock
start ticking and the calendar begin? After 5 months circling the USA
in the video bus, Termite TV returns to Philadelphia just in time for
the millennium rollover. With the future now the present, what is your
role in the revolution of 2000? Get your "Go Bag" ready! |
Life Stories from
the Big Island, Hawai`i |
Amidst ocean waves and fern forests, Big Island residents share their lives, triumphs
and dreams. A Vietnamese woman reveals the passion and beauty hidden in
the simple chronology of her life. A man who has just learned to read describes
the new world that has opened up for him - making grocery lists, writing
letters and finding a mistake on his Walmart receipt. A second generation
Chinese woman talks about growing up in sugarcane plantations. Others talk
about what drew them here; wanderlust, growing up with racism in the mainland
U.S., the excitement of living off the grid and the aloha and beauty of
Hawai`i. |
Life Stories
from Philadelphia |
Philly natives and newcomers tell their life stories in five minutes while riding to work
on the train, tailgating at the stadium and looking for booksin the library.
Five minutes to share passions, poems and philosophies. |
