Leslie Asako Gladsj!oslash; in Person Preceded byshort: Primetime in the Camps (Chris Marker, France, 1993).Politically direct, Primetime looks at the function of media for a community ofBosnian refugees. What they know of world events comes not from Belgradetelevision, or even Radio Sarajevo, but from a video workshop run by fellowrefugees. Pirating signals from CNN, Radio Sarajevo, and Sky News, the workshopcompares and interprets the ideologies of their news sources. (27 mins, In Frenchand Bosnian with English subtitles and voice-over, 3/4" video,PFA!nbsp;Collection) The maxim "truth is the firstvictim of war" finds its confirmation in the conflict engulfing the formerYugoslavia. Official coverage of the war in the Balkans has relied heavily on themanipulation of news as part of the apparatus for governing world opinion.Gladsj!oslash; and Borgers's Truth Under Siege chronicles the heroic endeavors ofindependent journalists from Bosnia, Serbia, and Croatia who have resisted thestate's grip on national media. Often possessed by a rebellious glee, writers,reporters, editors, and even disc jockeys testify to both the political andlogistical difficulties of producing alternative views of the war. Surprisinglyfrank interviews with bureaucrats from state-run television reveal that theofficial media in the former Yugoslavia is little more than an agit-prop machine.Whether or not the Balkan conflict is resolved, Truth Under Siege forces us tolook homeward at our own mass media and reflect on who is being served.-SteveSeid (68 mins, English subtitles, 3/4" video, Courtesy theartists)