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Summary
Home video changed the world. The cultural and historical impact of the VHS tape was enormous. This film traces the ripples of that impact by examining the myriad aspects of society that were altered by the creation of videotape.
Good for
- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Kids
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Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+28)
Critics 100Audiences 72GoodWatch 86
Tomatometer100%
Audience score74%
IMDb7.0
Running time
1 h 34 min
A typical length for documentaries
typical 9694Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 5 countries, rent or buy in 17 more
Released
2013
August 27, 2013
13 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
JapaneseMade in
- United States
and 11 more16 people
Directing · 1
- Josh Johnson Director
Production · 2
- Panos Cosmatos Executive Producer
- Carolee Mitchell Producer
Camera · 1
- Christopher Palmer Director of Photography, Editor
Sound · 1
- Josh Freda Original Music Composer
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