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Article: Different looks at Kent State's lasting image
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
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- May 3, 2000
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Different looks at Kent State's lasting image
By R.D. HELDENFELS
Akron (Ohio) Beacon Journal
Wednesday, May 3, 2000
From local to national news reports, from Court TV to VH1, TV
producers and reporters are looking for ways to tell the story of May
4, 1970, once again.
In TV terms, the ideal telling contains something new -- an untold
story, a previously silent witness, a remarkable revelation.
After 30 years, though, such magic is hard to come by. Two new
documentaries interview several of the same people, albeit to tell
the story in somewhat different ways.
In fact, the reconsideration of Kent State takes separate paths in
three productions, the two documentaries and a drama.
One path is to ...