Marin Supervisor Barbara Boxer on NBC documentary film
About This Item
KPIX-TV news footage from August 3 1978 featuring brief scenes from a press conference by Marin County Supervisor Barbara Boxer, who is criticising an NBC News documentary film about Marin County titled I Want It All Now!, with Edwin Newman and produced by Joe DeCola. This special program was broadcast in the Bay Area by NBC affiliate KRON-TV on Thursday 19 July and sparked controversy over it's portrayal of life in Marin. Boxer states: "The beauty of Marin County is that we're a very open and tolerant community. And we all live side by side. But we don't sit around pursuing our hedonistic pleasures with gurus and hot tubs. That's not Marin County!" Note that Boxer requested a National News Council investigation into the making of this NBC documentary, claiming it offered a highly distorted and slanderous account of Marin County's way of life. Also includes silent views of someone holding up a copy of the Pacific Sun weekly magazine, which was also highly critical of NBC's report. Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.
- Date
- 8/3/1978
- Format
- 16mm color positive magnetic sound film
- Digital Format
- mp4 file
- Genre
- local newsfilm
- Copyright Holder
- CBS5 KPIX-TV
- Duration
- 0:47
- Identifier
- KPIX 141184
- Views
- 1912