Series: New Television
Program: New Television
Episode: 304 (1993)
Date: 1992-01-01
Subject: Sanger, Margaret
Copyright Holder: WGBH Educational Foundation and Wexner Center for the Arts; Margaret Sanger Film Project, Inc.

Clip Description
This episode of "New Television" features "A Public Nuisance" By Esther Katz and Terese Svoboda

"A Public Nuisance," from a script written by Esther Katz and Terese Svoboda, is a look at the life and work of Margaret Sanger. Sanger's role as a radical advocate of birth control and women's rights is examined through quotations from her own writings and the public record -- archival film and still images and dramatizations of key events in Sanger's life. While seriously upholding Sanger as a pioneer and hero, the work manages to be humorous in its approach and includes several vignettes in the style of vaudeville performances. The score, which evokes piano rags and silent movie accompaniment, was composed by Miki Navazio. Produced by Laurence Hegarty and Esther Katz. Directed by Steve Bull and Terese Svoboda.

Program Description
This episode of "New Television" features "A Public Nuisance" By Esther Katz and Terese Svoboda

"A Public Nuisance," from a script written by Esther Katz and Terese Svoboda, is a look at the life and work of Margaret Sanger. Sanger's role as a radical advocate of birth control and women's rights is examined through quotations from her own writings and the public record -- archival film and still images and dramatizations of key events in Sanger's life. While seriously upholding Sanger as a pioneer and hero, the work manages to be humorous in its approach and includes several vignettes in the style of vaudeville performances. The score, which evokes piano rags and silent movie accompaniment, was composed by Miki Navazio. Produced by Laurence Hegarty and Esther Katz. Directed by Steve Bull and Terese Svoboda.

Series Description
The New Television Workshop originated at WGBH, a public broadcasting station in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1974 to support the creation and development of experimental video art. This experimental programming included dance, drama, music, performance and visual arts on video and film. As early as 1968, WGBH was committed to the development of video art through residency programs, with artists such as Nam June Paik, and the "Rockefeller Artists-in-Television" project. Many of these early works (pre-1974) were broadcast both locally and nationally.

As an umbrella for arts related programming, the Workshop included "Artist's Showcase, " "Frames of Reference, " "Dance for Camera, " "Poetry Breaks," and "New Television," as well as acquired arts programming. Individual works were created for "Visions," a series produced by WNET (New York), and "Alive From Off Center," a series produced by KTCA (St. Paul - Minneapolis). The Contemporary Art Television (CAT) Fund was co-founded by the Workshop and Boston's Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA) in the 1980's, to commission works by video artists. In 1993 the Workshop ceased production at WGBH.

See also: http://main.wgbh.org/wgbh/NTW/FA/TITLES/New412.HTML