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Inspired by journalist Jennifer Toth's book, "The Mole People: Life in the Tunnels Beneath New York City," film documentarians Erik Dane and Vic David travelled through abandoned subway tunnels in search of the Mole people. On the occassion of the subway centennial, producer Jen Guerra of WFUV in New York interviewed the documentarians about their findings underground.
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"In Search of the Mole People" was produced by Jen Guerra at WFUV in New York for the subway centennial.
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Host Intro: Inspired by journalist Jennifer Toth's book, "The Mole People: Life in the Tunnels Beneath New York City," film documentarians Erik Dane and Vic David travelled through abandoned subway tunnels in search of the Mole people. On the occassion of the subway centennial, producer Jen Guerra of WFUV in New York interviewed the documentarians about their findings underground. Host Tag: "In Search of the Mole People" was produced by Jen Guerra at WFUV in New York for the subway centennial.
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Review of In Search of the Mole PeopleI was caught by the tone of this piece immediately. It takes a while to figure out what the story is about though. I could use more background info earlier on. I enjoyed the format of our narrators through the subway interwoven with the subjects voices.
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Aired locally on July 31, 2004
Will re-air locally during the week of October 25, 2004
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Review of In Search of the Mole People
The opening is completely fascinating-- the image of regular people going off the subway platform in search of mole people. I would have liked more on their motivation for going down there, and more from the people who are down there. It’s such a huge subject, and four minutes is far too little to cover very much. Still, it’s an interesting companion piece to the book and it would fit in really nicely with other discussions… about homelessness, urban decay or madness.