Overview

Pirated satellite feeds revealing U.S. media personalities’ contempt for their viewers come full circle in Spin. TV out-takes appropriated from network satellite feeds unravel the tightly-spun fabric of television—a system that silences public debate and enforces the exclusion of anyone outside the pack of journalists, politicians, spin doctors, and televangelists who manufacture the news. Spin moves through the L.A. riots and the floating TV talk-show called the 1992 U.S. presidential election.

Genres

Cast

George H. W. Bush

Self (archive footage)

Bill Clinton

Self (archive footage)

Al Gore

Self (archive footage)

Larry King

Self (archive footage)

Jim Bakker

Self (archive footage)

Bill Beutel

Self (archive footage)

Hillary Clinton

Self (archive footage)

Barbara Bush

Self (archive footage)

Tom Brokaw

Self (archive footage)

Jerry Brown

Self (archive footage)

Tom Harkin

Self (archive footage)

Paul Tsongas

Self (archive footage)