"a Personalized History of the Capital City"01 January 2003History, Factual90 mins
"Topeka Remembers" takes viewers on a trip through Topeka's history, from its founding in December 1854 to the establishment of the Santa Fe railroad to its early sports teams. Interviews with residents tell a personalized history of the capital city.
From the front-lines of conflicts in Mexico, Argentina, South Africa, Palestine, Korea, 'the North' from Seattle to Genova, and the 'War on Terror' in New York, Afghanistan, and Iraq.
Robert McChesney lays the blame for the US's current state of affairs squarely at the doors of the corporate boardrooms of big media, which far from delivering on their promises of more choice and more diversity, have organized a system characterized by a lack of competition, homogenization of opinion and formulaic programming.