In With the Old

A selection of video from the Crista Dahl Media Library & Archive produced between 1988 and 1992 about propaganda and the news media’s reaction to, and complicity in, the rise of a new generation of anti-Queer legislation in England and the US, and the Gulf War. A contemporary epilogue welcomes us to 2020. Happy New Year!

The Gulf Crisis TV Project: News World Order
Deep Dish TV and Paper Tiger Television, 1990, 30:00, USA

This episode of The Gulf Crisis TV Project looks at the media’s reaction to, and implication in, the Gulf War, and national media activism opposing the U.S. involvement in the Middle East.

The Gay Agenda
The Report, 1992, 20:00, USA

Produced by the Springs of Life Ministries in California, and distributed by many Christian Right organizations, this is the first of four anti-LGBTQ videos that fueled evangelical homophobia. On the up side, it contains some of the most transgressive Pride parade action making it a must see for those who’ve only experienced 21st century parades.

Neil Bartlett: Pedagogue
Stuart Marshall, 1988, 11:00, England

Performance artist Neil Bartlett plays a school lecturer who betrays his sexual orientation when the videomaker asks him to describe the contents of his briefcase. This video was produced in response to homophobic legislation in Thatcher’s England.

A Message
Clark Nikolai, 2013, 5:55, Canada

Members of royalty inform the citizens of an impending doom from space coming toward Earth.