public access
6 movies and shows
Off the Rails
Sat, 21 Aug 2021
Experience the untold story of the greatest train wreck in local access TV history.
Stuart Saves His Family
Wed, 12 Apr 1995
A self-help advocate struggles to put his dysfunctional family in its place.
Synonymous With
Mon, 12 Apr 2021
A student's increasingly intimate line of questioning causes his interview with a local horror host to take a vulnerable turn.
Remote Views
Sun, 10 Aug 2025
A televisual stream of consciousness assembled from archival footage set in the Black media explosion of the 1980s. A frenetic remix of public access television, video diaries, commercial mass media, and citizen journalism sequenced as short vignettes featuring musical and poetic performance, documentation of state violence, political theater, and expressions of Black love.
The Uncle No Rules Show
Thu, 16 Aug 2018
The tranquility of Uncle No Rules's home is disturbed when a mysterious variety-show equipped with a studio audience and charismatic host (Marky Ramone) descends upon the household.
First Transmission of ACTV
Sat, 01 Jan 1972
This video documents the first cablecast of Austin Community Television (ACTV) in which George Stoney and a group of University of Texas students assembled playback equipment on a hilltop at the cable system's head-end.