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Radio Unnameable
Wednesday, March 06, 2013 | 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Union TheatreDocumentary Frontiers
Milwaukee Premiere< /b>
(Paul Lovelace, Jessica Wolfson, USA, 87 min, video, 2012)< /p>
Before NPR, texting, and Facebook, there was WBAI, New Yor k's idiosyncratic, left-of-left-wing public radio station, where Bob Fass has broadcast “Radio Unnameable”—his “free-form” midnight show—for much of t he past half-century. Radio Unnameable brings 50 years of its subject ’s history to life, intriguingly pairing archival stills and audio with Sup er 8, 16mm, and Hi-8 video footage to evoke Fass's life and times. Legenda ry radio personality Bob Fass revolutionized late night FM radio by serving as a cultural hub for music, politics and audience participation. This film is an affectionate appreciation of one man’s long, strange trip through hi story. - Film Comment