''Pirate Radio USA'' is a 2006 documentary film written and directed by Jeff Pearson, with musical director Mary Jones. Its running time is 82 minutes.

Summary

The film showcases illegal radio, or

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. DJs Him and Her (Pearson and Jones respectively) travel throughout the country meeting and interviewing radio pirates, taking action against the

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and the

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's 1999 Seattle conference.

Cast

* Jeff Pearson, DJ Him * Mary Jones, DJ Her * Stephen Dunifer, himself * Mark Alan, himself * Oregon Senator

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, himself * Pam Hairston, lawyer, FCC Compliance and Information Bureau * Petri Dish * DJ Realtime * DJ Sara Zia

Production

Soundtrack

As well as starring in the film, Mary Jones was also the music director. The soundtrack featured songs from

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and

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Release

While using low-budget and basic filming technology, this film was a success internationally, and was shown at the

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, the Victoria Independent Film Video Festival, and the

Austin Film Festival Austin Film Festival (AFF), founded in 1994, is an organization in Austin, Texas, that focuses on writers' creative contributions to film. Initially, AFF was called the Austin Heart of Film Screenwriters Conference and functioned to launch the c ...

. It also won "Most Original Documentary" at the Wine Country Film Festival and "Best Feature-Judges Award" at the Zion Independent Film Festival.

References

External links

* * http://www.bside.com/films/pirateradiousa * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pirate Radio Usa 2006 films 2006 documentary films American documentary films Films about pirate radio American independent films Documentary films about radio 2006 independent films 2000s English-language films 2000s American films English-language documentary films English-language independent films