Spin

1995 · Documentary · 57 min. · United States

Half-length Film

Pirated satellite feeds revealing U.S. media personalities' contemptuous plans for their viewers come full circle in Spin. TV out-takes appropriated from network satellite feeds unravel the tightly spun fabric of television, a system which silences public debates and furthers the intolerance of anyone outside the pack of journalists, politicians, spin doctors and televangelists who manufacture the news. Spin moves through the L.A. rebellion and the floating TV talk-show called the 1992 U.S. presidential election.

Direction Brian Springer

Cast Larry Agran · Jim Bakker · Bill Beutel · Tom Brokaw · Jerry Brown · Barbara Bush · George Bush · Michael Caputo · Bill Clinton · Hillary Clinton · Katie Couric · Sam Donaldson · Jerry Falwell · Al Gore · Tipper Gore · Harold Greene · Bryant Gumbel · Nanette Hansen · Tom Harkin · Peter Jennings · Bob Kerrey · Larry King · Ted Koppel · Christine Lund · Andrea Mitchell · Peggy Noonan · Ross Perot · Dan Quayle · Dan Rather · Ronald Reagan · Pat Robertson · Charlie Rose · Diane Sawyer · Harry Smith · Brian Springer · Jimmy Swaggart · Paul Tsongas · Paula Zahn