The Worlds Largest TV Studio (1972)

1972 5904 min bw sound In 1972 TVTV brought their lowbudget freeform journalistic techniques to the floor of the Democratic Presidential Convention in Miami Using lightweight 12inch Portapak equipment which allowed them greater mobility and spontaneity than the networks the TVTV crew moved around the Convention floor with ease and speed They came away with shrewd sardonic portraits of the politicians delegates and voters providing an irreverent picture of the behindthescenes political maneuvering TVTVs close coverage of the California delegation as well as the successful battle to unseat Chicago mayor Richard Daley and his delegates exemplifies the collectives verite methods Presented without commentary TVTVs candid closeup coverage offers a revealing look at one of the foundations of the American political process