13 Years Before "Sicko"

In the spring of 1994, Deep Dish Television produced a 17-part series about the national healthcare crisis called "Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired." This series brings you a grassroots perspective on health care from across the nation. You've heard from the policy makers, the insurance agents and the drug manufacturers. Now it's time to hear from the people. This series presents the voices and visions of those most affected by health care reform, the people themselves.
"Healthcare Jeopardy" is just one piece included in the half-hour program, "National Health Emergency: An Activist Survey." This program presents a timely analysis of health care reform in the United States. Video segments from around the country illustrate successful models for a comprehensive health care plan and local news reports on continuing strategies and organizing events are featured. The program also highlights the work of national and regional organizations, such as the Health Care! We Gotta Have It Campaign, Physicians for a National Health Program, Nurses for National Health Care, the Universal Care Action Network (UHCAN), ACT-UP, the Older Women's League, Single Payer Across the Nation (SPAN) and Georgians for a Common Sense Health Plan. Additionally, National Health Emergency ... examines the primary financiers and forces opposed to reform: hospital chains, insurance agencies and pharmaceutical companies. (28:00) Coordinating Producer:Cindy Nelson (San Diego, CA).
Visit www.deepdishtv.org for more information or to see the full program.

DEEP DISH TV ROCKS!!!

This is an excerpt from the Deep Dish TV program "Give Peace A Channel." The office staff at DDTV has been updating descriptions of our programs from the 1980s. When we caught a glimpse of this segment from our first series, we knew this was too good not to share. Enjoy!

Description of "Give Peace a Channel":
This segment shows poet Anne Waldman rapping about Plutonium. From Vietnam Veterans blasting the Rambo myth, to activists raising money for local peace groups, to regular folks getting arrested on the steps of a weapons factory, this show is a testament to the level of public concern around issues of militarism and disarmament. Voices of city teenagers talking about spending money for bombs instead of helping to rebuild their neighborhood while viewing footage of abandoned buildings brings the discussion of "budget priorities" out of the realm of the abstract and into our daily lives, where it belongs. (58:00)
Produced by Caryn Rogoff and Kirk Ruebenson (NY, NY)
Paper Tiger Television Collective, a New York based public access producers' group known for their imaginative and low-tech media critiques produced the pilot series of Deep Dish TV in 1985-86. Each program was made up of excerpts from tapes made by community TV producers from around the country. The series was offered free of charge to access stations that wanted to record it off the satellite. The Paper Tiger collective formed ten production teams including some people who were new- comers to access production. Over 186 stations down-linked the first series.