Interview With Josh Wolf by Media Roots

MEDIA ROOTS – Josh Wolf is an American journalist and filmmaker who served 226 days in prison for refusing to turn over a collection of video tapes he recorded during a 2005 demonstration. Wolf recently graduated from Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism, where he made the film Police Tape for his thesis project. Police Tape is a half-hour award winning documentary that examines the impact of police recordings over the past two decades. In this interview, Abby Martin speaks to Josh about his journalism work, activism and the issue of police surveillance.

Trailer for Police Tape, www.PoliceTapeTheMovie.com

To find out more about Josh go to his website at JoshWolf.net follow him on twitter at twitter.com/joshwolf

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