WPEB Town Hall & Street Movies!
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Join us for a Town Hall Meeting about the new WPEB 88.1 FM , West Philadelphia’s Community Radio. Learn how to get involved in the station and see some short films of “barn raisings” of community stations courtesy of Philadelphia’s own Prometheus Radio Project.
Following the Town Meeting see the Philadelphia Premiere of Magic Radio (Switzerland, 2007, 54 min) Stéphanie Barbey and Luc Peter’s documentary about how in Niger, through the radio waves, citizens seize the microphone and taste democracy. It is the FM revolution. In Niger where more than 80% of the population is illiterate, radio is the main means of mass communication. Simple yet reliable, the radio is everywhere, in the streets, homes and the bush. It entertains, educates, informs and helps provide a check on power.