Distress Signals

Documentary

54 mins, 1991

Credits

  • Director: John Walker
  • Writers: Steve Lucas, Tom Perlmutter
  • Cinematographers: Ned Burgess, Nigel Markham, John Walker, csc
  • Editors: John Kramer, Manfred Becker
  • Sound: Albert Bailey, John Martin, Alain Viere
  • Music: Eric Lemoyne
  • Narrator: Jackie Burroughs
  • Producers: Tom Perlmutter, Kent Martin, John Walker
  • Executive Producer: John Taylor
  • Production Company: Orbit Films Ltd in Co-Production with the National Film Board of Canada

Inspired by the ideas of visionary thinker Harold Innis, the film looks at the predominance of American television programming around the world at the expense of regional cultural voices.