Returning Fire: Interventions in Video Game Culture
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Length: 29:01
At the mall, online, and even within the US military. Interactive, realistic, pro-war video games have become part of American culture. But anti-war protestors have found a way inside those games too. And artists are finding ways to turn the virtual world, into a place where the military hero narrative can be questioned. On this edition, we hear excerpts from the movie Returning Fire: Interventions in Video Game Culture , written and directed by Roger Stahl.
Featuring:
Joseph Delappe , University of Nevada Art Professor; Lee Hutchinson , brother of soldier killed in Iraq; Wafaa Bilal, New York University's Tisch School of the Arts Assistant Arts Professor; “Mancow” Mulle, radio host
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Piece Description
At the mall, online, and even within the US military. Interactive, realistic, pro-war video games have become part of American culture. But anti-war protestors have found a way inside those games too. And artists are finding ways to turn the virtual world, into a place where the military hero narrative can be questioned. On this edition, we hear excerpts from the movie Returning Fire: Interventions in Video Game Culture , written and directed by Roger Stahl.
Featuring:
Joseph Delappe , University of Nevada Art Professor; Lee Hutchinson , brother of soldier killed in Iraq; Wafaa Bilal, New York University's Tisch School of the Arts Assistant Arts Professor; “Mancow” Mulle, radio host
Broadcast History
Program #33-12
Begin date 8/15/12 End date 02/15/13.
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Timing and Cues
Total run time is 29 minutes (no hard breaks)
-Optional cutaway at 1:00
-Optional (floating) cutaway between 12:00 and 20:00
-Music in/out.
Additional Credits
Producers: Andrew Stelzer, George Lavender, Kyung Jin Lee
Host: Andrew Stelzer
Contributing Producer: Roger Stahl
Executive Director: Lisa Rudman
Development Manager: Juanita Carroll Young
Production Intern: Lisa Bartfai, Salima Hamirani, Eryn Mathewson
Web Editor: Irene Florez
Organizational Volunteers: Dan Turner, Alton Byrd and Barbara Barnett
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