

Seeing Through Commercials
1976-01-01 · 14 min · Not rated
Is it the outrageous claims? Or just the bad acting? This early media literacy film helps kids understand that that ads are trying to, well, sell them something. Kitschy good and super tasty, it's lipsmackin' fun!
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- Larry Stein, Ruth Arens
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