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http://www.pirateradiousa.com/

Youtube Videohttp://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=mL9BGj4ZB8Y

Pirate Radio USA is a feature length digital documentary about the underground world of illegal radio in America, where people play what they want and say what they want–unless the FCC catches them…

DJ’s Him and Her, from their live Pirate Radio USA Studio, take you on a rock -n-roll journey inside rogue radio stations across the country to see why Americans defy Federal Law to free the radio airwaves.

On the way see the rise of Big Media, the growth of Citizen Media to encounter it, and witness their showdown over the truth during the 1999 World Trade Organization meetings in Seattle.

Pirate Radio USA was broadcast–or really microcast–with a 4 watt transmitter live, as an uninterrupted radio program. The effect will be to ’see’ a live pirate radio microcast about pirate radio: a first.

See the battle to free the airwaves live–and find out the real price of freedom.

It’s not about Left vs. Right, it’s about Big vs. Small.

From Ain't it Cool News

PIRATE RADIO: USA

To follow The Proposition, I found myself an informative and fun documentary called Pirate Radio USA. This film was made by two pirate broadcasters and follows their journeys in illegal broadcasting over the past 7 years.

DJ Him (Jeff Pearson) and DJ Her (Mary Jones) got their start pirating radio in 1998 on a Seattle station called F.U.C.C. and have been helping the pirate revolution since.

The exploits of Him and Her go from the west coast of Seattle and San Francisco to Washington DC and Arizona. They traveled the country searching for pirates and getting their perspective on the government-run airwaves.

The information in this documentary at times is stunning. Did you know one of the biggest anti-pirate lobbyist is actually NPR? That’s right, the Public Voice wants to shut down the public in order to have a clearer signal. Fascinating.

As informative as this film is, it is also quite fun. The narrative portion of the film takes place as a pirated broadcast with DJ Him on the mic and DJ Her spinning records in the background. The people involved in the making of this film obviously had a great time, be it building model cities or climbing on top of ships to place antennas.

The heavy narration fleshes out the doc but is entertaining as well with some great quips. (Pearson is also a stand-up comedian.) This film would best be explained by saying it is like David Cringley’s documentary Triumph of the Nerds (the computer evolution documentary) but put to the radio revolution.

I expect this film to do well and to eventually have a follow-up to see the ongoing efforts of pirates nationwide. I haven’t had this much fun watching a movie about pirated radio since Pump Up the Volume.