Member Productions

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There were 148 excellent programs produced in 2006 by our members, volunteers and staff. While the number of completed single productions was lower than other years, there were more successful series programs created and completed than expected. Some of our series success stories are the You Are Here News Magazine production group who recently celebrated their first year anniversary, Tele Lakaye, a series in Haitian Kreyol, Art Interactive’s arts related game show entitled Art Showdown, and CCTV’s coverage of the 2006 Beyond Broadcast conference at Harvard’s Berkman Center.

D.L. Polonsky produced a number of programs in 2006, notably To Mock a Killingbird, D.L.’s commentary and exploration of the Vietnam War era enhanced by stinging white and brilliant metaphors and puns.

Mike Farino produced Between the Lines, which received an award from WGBH. Mike’s documentary explores the lifestyles and businesses of MBTA performers making a living playing music on the Boston subway system.

Ann Cowan has followed the advocacy and issues around relocating a popular weekly contra dance out of Cambridge and into a community nearly 30 minutes away. Ann’s work documents how the participants in this long running dance program have experienced dramatic changes during this process.

Angel Aiguier continues to produce coverage on the reggae music scene in Cambridge with Angel’s Entertainment News, as well as her weekly 2-hour live radio program.

Simmons College intern Elisa Kreisinger produced three bicycle advocacy videos, Liveable Streets, Car Free Boston and Pedestrian Drive Economies, reflecting her relationship to social movements that seek to reduce dependency on fossil fuels, improve cycling safety conditions, and rework urban public spaces to encourage the use of bicycles rather than cars.

CCTV even had a short exposure to the online video gaming world during a single live program featuring over 40 video gamers from all over the world. The program was hosted, crewed and cast by individual participants in the online World of Warcraft gaming community, each real person playing the character of a medieval knight or wizard as they played cooperatively to defeat an in-game enemy. This show was cablecast live on Channel 9, streamed live on the internet, and was played live before a gameworld audience of nearly 5000 players.

Special Productions: Member Videos
John Donovan began interviewing a number of CCTV members as part of a long-term project to produce a video highlighting the value of CCTV and public access television. In these one-on-one interviews, these members describe how they first got involved with CCTV, what they have received and/or learned from their time here, and what the station means to them. So far, three of these interviews have been edited into stand-alone 15-20 minute shows, featuring members Lloyd Smith, Laura Montgomery, and John Osborne. This project will continue in 2007.

Special Productions: Cambridge's Sister City, Moss Point
Shortly after Hurricane Katrina battered the Gulf Coast, the City of Cambridge initiated a sister city relationship with Moss Point, one of about a dozen small cities on the Mississippi coast that were hard hit. CCTV was asked to videotape “A Friend in Need,” a half-hour interview between Mayor Reeves of Cambridge and Mayor Bishop of Moss Point in which Mayor Bishop described the challenges facing his city in its quest to rebuild and remake itself after Katrina.