Distress Signals

Name: Distress Signals
Director: John Walker
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1991-06-04
Duration: 55 min
Rating: 9.0
Cast: Jackie Burroughs

199155m

★ 9.0

Documentary

American television programming dominates around the world at the expense of regional cultural voices.

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Cast

Jackie Burroughs

Self - Narrator (voice)

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