Chronicle of the Billboard Wars
A new documentary by filmmaker Ossian Or
To be released Spring 2012
Across America, the landscape is being inundated with billboards, particularly the new constantly changing electronic signs. They are wreaking havoc with our senses and creating visual pollution. Along roadways, near landmarks, on buildings and in neighborhoods, there is no escaping their presence.
But citizens in cities and towns across the country have said, “Enough already.” They have formed grassroots organizations to fight back against the billboard industry and to convince city councils and state legislatures to outlaw the signs. And they are starting to stem the tide.
This is their story, a documentary about the efforts of ordinary citizens fighting against extraordinary odds to take back their communities and to remove visual blight.
It is a fight over citizens’ rights, undue political influence, safety and the environment.
It is a modern-day David vs. Goliath struggle.
This is the “Chronicle of the Billboard Wars.”
The film will debut in April in St. Paul, Minnesota, and will be available nationwide this spring. The producers will take “Chronicle” on the road to cities across the country where the billboard wars are being waged.
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