Public Television
1979, English. Directed by Tom Musca.
UCLA Student Film, Preserved by the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Multi Camera view of a “theater of the absurd” play (including an above-head surveillance camera). Inside a fast food restaurant, a white British man joins the table of a Black American couple, asking for a cigarette and french fries. He brings conflict to the couple, who begin to fight over existential questions about perception, sanity, and television..“I watch television more than it watches me”
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- 0h 23m
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- English
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Public Television runs 23 minutes (0h 23m).
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Public Television isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1979. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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If you liked Public Television, try What Maisie Knew, National Theatre Live: Hamlet, Vanya on 42nd Street.
Who directed Public Television?
Public Television (1979) was directed by Tom Musca and stars Michael X-Ray, Sharon Anton, Haskell V. Anderson III.