9/11 Documentaries Aired on TV in Suriname
After a long while of trying, the first two of a total of ten documentaries on the issues surrounding the attacks on September 11, 2001 in the USA have finally been aired on TV in Suriname. I wrote about my experiences with trying to get these documentaries aired here and here.
The documentaries are being broadcasted by a TV station called Trishul (channel 20) in Paramaribo, the capital of Suriname. You can find information about the broadcasting schedule and the documentaries here (the language is Dutch). On that website I also report the latest news and coverage of the documentaries in the local media. Promotion of these documentaries started last week in various local newspapers. I’ve been getting a lot of positive feedback ever since. I haven’t gotten a single negative remark so far. The only complaint people had was that the time at which the documentaries are being broadcasted (at 3:00pm) is not very convenient for them, since most people are still at work or are on the way home from work. Based on this feedback I arranged with Trishul to have the documentaries broadcasted again at midnight on the same day. That way some people still have a chance to watch them at night when they’re home, even though it’s quite late. Trishul could not offer me any better broadcasting times due to their busy programming schedule. The documentaries are being broadcasted on Friday and Saturday so it’s not that bad since most people don’t have to go to work the next day and can stay up late to watch them if they can’t watch them in the afternoon.
Unfortunately this is the best I could get so far, and instead of waiting I wanted to start getting the information out to people. Meanwhile I’m going to continue looking for better options at other TV stations. A lot of people also asked me if they can get the documentaries on DVD, so I arranged with Trishul to sell the documentaries on DVD to people who want to buy them. I’m also going to look at the possibility of having some local DVD rental stores rent the documentaries on DVD. Meanwhile I’ve been contacted by a TV station in another district, Nickerie, who are interested in broadcasting the documentaries for the people there. So I’ll also be looking at that possibility.
Based on the feedback I got so far, there’s a lot of interest for this kind of information. A lot of people have expressed how glad they are that someone is bringing this to their attention and making it available to them. Here in Suriname, most people do not have (good enough) access to the Internet and can’t get this material themselves. In addition, people don’t even know that it exists. Next Friday and Saturday, the really good info will start to air. I wonder what kind of feedback I’ll be getting…
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May 20th, 2007 at 3:38 pm
What you label “documentaries” are home-made videos by marginal members of our very rich society who are angry at everyone but the persons who caused their unhappiness, themselves. Most of the ones listed are the most rancid propaganda serving only xenophobic interests.Some of these very inexpensive amateur productions were financed by neo-nazi interests here in the USA, some of which groups have shady and very nebulous connections with Islamic extremist individuals, and groups, outside of the country. Computerized video editing software for home computer use becomes less expensive every year, so every year there are more of these amateur efforts.
The Government does no more than observe these video producers as their efforts stay just within our free speech laws and they’ve committed no criminal acts otherwise.
Whomever made the decision or decisions to broadcast these extremist videos on your television probably paid nothing or next to nothing for the rights to these home-made videos.
Again, what you call information in these productions is but cheap propaganda for hate America first interests. A free society, you see, is not as orderly as an authoritarian one.
May 20th, 2007 at 4:01 pm
Hi Edgar,
First of all, have you actually SEEN all of the documentaries? If not, I highly recommend you watch them before discussing them. Here’s the complete list:
Outfoxed
Orwell Rolls in His Grave
9/11 Press for Truth
Terror Storm
The Great Conspiracy
Everybody’s gotta learn sometime
9/11 Eyewitness
9/11 Mysteries: Demolitions
9/11 in Plane Site and Denmark Lecture by David Ray Griffin
CSPAN Coverage American Scholars Symposium
You may also want to verify the FACTS discussed in those documentaries yourself. I can’t imagine you can come to a different conclusion, but if so, I’m interested to know why.
Can you be more specific and provide some examples?
Luckily it still is that way, but if you’ve been following the news, that might change soon.
These videos are available for free on the Internet. http://video.google.com. Enjoy.
Why do you think it’s propaganda? Can you point to some details in these movies that are wrong?
May 22nd, 2007 at 12:52 pm
Good job Karel!
Here in Finland we’ve been trying to do the same thing, getting TV channels to air 9/11 documentaries. But so far we’ve been trying to do it only by emailing them, and without success.
A big problem is that most people still think of these things as ridiculous conspiracy theories and so they dont even bother to watch these documents, especially if we try to go straight to 9/11 lies.
You seem to be more professional with these things and your methods. Would you have any hints for us young amateurs here in Finland?
There is only a few big TV companies here and not so much little independent ones. And surely the system maybe really different from Suriname.
May 22nd, 2007 at 1:10 pm
Jousia,
There are many things you can do, just be creative and try to find ways. You can see if you can buy airtime with a group of people at a station and have them broadcast the movies. You can also see if you can find companies or organizations who would be willing to pay for the airtime. You can then promote it in the local media like newspapers so that people know the movies will be broadcasted.
Another option is to have local DVD shops sell the DVD’s, or to have DVD rental stores include the DVD’s in their collection so that people can go and rent them. You can then also promote it in newspaper ads or magazines so that people know where to rent them and what it is about.
Hope this helps.