{"value"=>"<p>The Audiovisual Department was created to raise public awareness; serve as a means of communicating the medical, social, and psychological ramifications of the HIV/AIDS epidemic; and to support prevention and training programs. In addition to producing its own programming, the department assisted other GMHC departments by documenting training sessions and creating promotional and outreach videos. The department, created in 1987, was originally staffed by an audiovisual specialist, Jean Carlomusto, and an assistant coordinator, Gregg Bordowitz. In the mid-1990s, Juanita Mohammed and Chas Brack were the specialist and assistant coordinator, respectively, with Carlomusto and Bordowitz still working part-time. The Audiovisual Department, which was originally under the auspices of the Publications Department, later became part of the Education Department.</p> <p>This series is arranged into five subseries: Broadcast Productions, Departmental Productions, Oral Histories, Public Service Announcements (PSAs), and Miscellaneous. Broadcast Productions contains material from three shows: <span class=\"title\">AIDS Network</span>, <span class=\"title\">Outreach</span>, and <span class=\"title\">Living With AIDS</span>. The bulk of the material consists of original footage used for the <span class=\"title\">Living with AIDS</span> television show, the longest running of the three broadcast shows. Additional guest videographers produced <span class=\"title\">Living with AIDS</span> segments, adding a range of perspectives that contributed to the broad scope of the show. These videographers include Marina Alvarez, Sarah Cawley, Ronald Dodd, Andres J. Figueroa, Laura Ganis, Alexandra Juhasz, Ray Navarro, Steven Okazaki, Catherine Saalfield, Kristin Thomas, and Paul Zakrzewski. Also included in this series are departmental productions, including films that explicitly demonstrate safe sex practices, oral history interviews, and public service announcements.</p> <p>The series consists of both unedited original footage and masters of completed works. The original tape numbers were retained when available and usually demonstrate the sequence in which the footage was shot. Interviews consist of unedited interviews with one or more subjects. Original footage consists of footage of events, b-roll, or dramatizations, as well as occasional interviews with subjects involved in the event or dramatization.</p>"}