Anarchy TV is a 1998 low budget,

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directed by Jonathan Blank. It stars

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, Tamayo Otsuki,

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, and

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, Dweezil,

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and Moon Unit Zappa. Blank was nominated for the Maverick Spirit Award at the Cinequest San Jose Film Festival for Anarchy TV. The plot involves a group of young people who run an uncensored

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. They are ejected from their show when the station is purchased by a

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, who considers their show pornographic. In response, the performers hijack the station and begin broadcasting a 24-hour all nude show in order to gain sympathy for their cause. It received 4 stars from Charles Tatum on efilmcritic.com. Director Jonathan Blank is the son of Marion Blank.

References

External links

Anarchy TV at IMDB
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