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Date:         Fri, 4 Sep 1992 22:59:16 PDT
From:         Charles Scheiner <cscheiner@IGC.APC.ORG>
Subject:      Upcoming nat'l ET videocast

/* Written 10:57 pm  Sep  4, 1992 by cscheiner in cdp:reg.easttimor */
/* ---------- "Upcoming nat'l ET videocast" ---------- */
Put East Timor on Television in Your Community

The East Timor Action Network/US has produced a half-hour videotape on
East Timor. Aggression and Self-Determination: Massacre in East Timor
will be transmitted nationally via satellite at the end of the month by
Deep Dish TV. The program will then be available for broadcast on public
access cable television. Deep Dish TV has a lot of experience in getting
progressive viewpoints onto cable TV and will help ETAN and you make sure
that the show gets the widest possible audience.

The show features footage of the November 12 massacre, testimony before
the U.N. Committee on Decolonization, the IMET debate in the House of
Representatives, and various public meetings. It focuses on the U.S. role
in supporting Indonesia and what Americans can do about it. People
featured in the documentary include Jose Ramos Horta (representative of
National Council of Maubere Resistance), Amy Goodman (WBAI), Allan Nairn
(New Yorker), Charlie Scheiner (ETAN/US), Victoria Forbes-Adam (Amnesty
International), Li-lien Gibbons (ETAN, Canada) and many more.

How to Get the Video on the Air

Call your local cable station and ask to speak to the public access
programmer. Ask them to record the satellite transmission of Aggression
and Self-Determination and schedule it for airing. The program can be
downlinked from SATCOM F4, Transponder 20 on Tuesday, September 29 at 1
pm and Thursday, October 1 at 6 pm, Eastern time. Aggression and Self-
Determination: Massacre in East Timor is the second half of an hour long
transmission, News You Can Use. The first half hour is No Hay Paz (There
is No Peace) on Salvadoran refugees.

Promote the show. Once the shows are on tape, find out the dates and
times for cablecast so you can make announcements on public radio, in
alternative journals, newsletters, community calendars, etc. ETAN can
supply a flyer to which you can add cablecast dates in your area. Include
the flyer in mailings and post them around town.

Problems? If your cable station doesn't have a satellite dish, call
Cynthia Lopez at Deep Dish TV, (212)473-8933 (igc:deepdish), so that they
can make arrangements to get the program to them. Let Deep Dish and ETAN
know if your town is going to carry the program. If your access
programmer will not carry the programs, ask them why and call Cynthia
Lopez at Deep Dish for help.

As Deep Dish learns from its own network when systems will be carrying
the program, they will tell us and we can provide the information to you.
As you arrange for cablecasts, call John M. Miller, (718)788-6071
(igc:fbp). He can also provide information on where Aggression and
Self-Determination will be broadcast. A videocassette version of the show
will also be available for sale or rent for showings at meetings, etc.

East Timor Action Network/US
PO Box 1182, White Plains NY 10602. (914)428-7299
cscheiner@igc.apc.com
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