Explore the anarchic early days of public access television in NYC with this mesmerizing archival documentary produced by Benny Safdie and Steve Buscemi.

From porn to LGBTQ visibility and various other empowered marginalized voices, David Shadrack Smith's Sundance entry covers a tumultuous chapter of media.

"Public Access," a film about the balance between the freedom of expression and the First Amendment, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 23.

It's also a strikingly relevant look at the making of our modern world. As a "born and bred New Yorker," Smith grew up with the bold, raucous, unpredictable, sometimes beautiful and sometimes ugly ...

In December the Atlanta City Council did something increasingly rare among local governments: It reinvested in public access television. By approving nearly $1.6 million in funding over three years to ...

Stephen Colbert has temporarily taken over a public-access TV show in southeastern Michigan in an episode that featured rapper Eminem. Colbert hosted the latest episode of "Only in Monroe," which airs ...

Sundance: The all-archival documentary adopts a stubbornly conventional approach to its decidedly unconventional material. Authenticity may be “dangerous and expensive,” per Tina Fey, for those ...