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Director
  
Jeff Pearson

Country
  
United States

8/10
IMDb

Duration
  

Language
  
English

Pirate Radio USA movie poster

Release date
  
March 22, 2006 (2006-03-22) (Bermuda) July 31, 2006 (2006-07-31) (United States)

Pirate radio usa


Pirate Radio USA is a 2006 documentary film written and directed by Jeff Pearson, with musical director Mary Jones. Its running time is 82 minutes in length.

Contents

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Pirate radio usa the trailer


Summary

The film showcases illegal radio, or pirate radio in America. DJ’s Him and Her (Pearson and Jones respectively) travel throughout the country meeting and interviewing radio pirates, taking action against the FCC and the World Trade Organization's 1999 Seattle conference.

Cast

  • Jeff Pearson, DJ Him
  • Mary Jones, DJ Her
  • Stephen Dunifer, himself
  • Mark Alan, himself
  • Oregon Senator Ron Wyden, himself
  • Pam Hairston, lawyer, FCC Compliance and Information Bureau
  • Petri Dish
  • DJ Realtime
  • DJ Sara Zia

    • Soundtrack

    As well as starring in the film, Mary Jones was also the music director. The soundtrack featured songs from Jello Biafra and Utah Phillips.

    Release

    While using low-budget and basic filming technology, this film was a success internationally, and was shown at the Bermuda International Film Festival, the Victoria Independent Film Video Festival, and the Austin Film Festival. It also won "Most Original Documentary" at the Wine Country Film Festival and "Best Feature-Judges Award" at the Zion Independent Film Festival.

    References

    Pirate Radio USA Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    Pirate Radio USA IMDb Pirate Radio USA themoviedb.org