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Michael Shamberg, formerly a Time-Life correspondent, is now a film producer. His credits include Erin Brockovich, A Fish Called Wanda, Garden State, Gattaca and Pulp Fiction.

In the 1960s and 1970s, counter-culture video collectives extended the role of the underground press to new communication technologies. Paul Ryan, others and himself co-founded a video collective called Raindance Corporation. They believed new technology wanted social change.

Shamberg preferred the term Guerrilla television (the title of his 1971 book), because despite its strategies and tactics similar to warfare, Guerrilla television is non-violent. He saw Guerrilla television as a means to break through the barriers imposed by Broadcast television, which he called beast television.

They urged for the use of Sony's Porta-pac video camera, released in 1968 to be merged with the documentary film style and television.

See also

• Public access television

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