Dyke TV
Dyke TV was created by Ana Maria Simo, Linda Chapman and Mary Patierno. It first aired in New York City, June 8, 1993. The half-hour weekly, nation-wide cable tv show featured a five-minute news segment covering issues relevant to lesbian lives from a lesbian perspective; and in-depth stories including politics, popular culture, health, art, sports, and music. The last Dyke TV episode aired in 2005. The Dyke TV Records are housed in the Sophia Smith Collection and include orginal show master tapes, raw production footage. Selected episodes have been digitized and are shown here. See links in the menu to the right for the complete show log.
1993: selected episodes, Show number 1-29
To view video scroll through the episodes below and click on the title to play. Click on the year in the menu to the right to see more.
Notes on access and use:
- © To the extent that they own copyright, Sangfroid LLT (the production company that created Dyke TV) has retained copyright in works donated to Smith College. Copyright in other items in this collection may be held by their respective creators.
- Video files may take several minutes to load depending on your internet connection.
- The video shown here is in a compressed format to facilitate streaming over the Web. A higher-resolution file is available for purchase from the SSC. To order digital files for personal use, please contact the Sophia Smith Collection. See Duplication Services for more information.
Playlist created by Ashlynn August (Smith class 2015)