It's not just radio, It's community radio. KOPN co-sponsors its first film series and begins broadcasting the Columbia City Council meetings that are mostly ignored by the local media. While some community voices condemn the station's choice, KOPN defends its commitment to freedom of speech. The series is designed not to convince you to buy popcorn and candy or be lulled into the safe shadow of the latest image, but rather to channel your life force into less self-destructive mare personally and socially creative directions.
All films are in color and most are considered artistically as well as politically important.
The films will be shown at the Ecumenical Center on Friday nights at the University Missouri-Columbia and on Saturday nights. Sept. 6,7 Lucia, directed by Humberto Solas. It is a film of women in different revolutionary periods in Cuba and just recently available after being banned by the U. S. Treasury Dept. Sept. 14,15 Attica, directed and produced by Cinda Firestone. This is a documentary of the 1971 Attica prison rebellion.