Alive from Off Center
American Flash Cards
S8 • E4 Jul 10, 1992 25m
This program features six short films. In "Thanksgiving Prayer," writer William Burroughs recites a cynical
poem about America as related images are superimposed against his body.
"Gotham" carries the message that "crime never pays," and features clips
of violent behavior. "Pull Your Head to the Moon (Stories of Creole
Women)" depicts a bitter young man seeking comfort in a visit to his
Creole grandmother while someone very close to him is dying of AIDS. In
"Too Darn Hot," a video from the AIDS benefit video program "Red Hot and
Blue," pop duo Erasure perform Cole Porter's "Too Darn Hot." The video
includes information intended to raise awareness over AIDS. Finally,
"Sharp Rocks," dedicated to "all native brothers and sisters under the
sky, over the earth," encourages Native Americans living in the larger
society to return home and share their knowledge with their people.
poem about America as related images are superimposed against his body.
"Gotham" carries the message that "crime never pays," and features clips
of violent behavior. "Pull Your Head to the Moon (Stories of Creole
Women)" depicts a bitter young man seeking comfort in a visit to his
Creole grandmother while someone very close to him is dying of AIDS. In
"Too Darn Hot," a video from the AIDS benefit video program "Red Hot and
Blue," pop duo Erasure perform Cole Porter's "Too Darn Hot." The video
includes information intended to raise awareness over AIDS. Finally,
"Sharp Rocks," dedicated to "all native brothers and sisters under the
sky, over the earth," encourages Native Americans living in the larger
society to return home and share their knowledge with their people.