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I Want My MTV

2019
Directed byTyler Measom
1h 26m

The film is about the formation of a music channel that has shaped modern pop culture. On August 1, 1981, the life of a whole generation of Americans changed forever - on this day MTV began its broadcasting day, making VJ a new teen hero and creating a canon of music video as a vivid artistic statement.

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DocumentaryMusic
STATUSReleased
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7.5

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