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I Want My MTV

I Want My MTV

Tyler Measom, Patrick Waldrop

2019

  • Documentary
  • Music
7.5

The film is about the formation of a music channel that has shaped modern pop culture. On August 1, 1981, the life of a whole generation of Americans changed forever - on this day MTV began its broadcasting day, making VJ a new teen hero and creating a canon of music video as a vivid artistic statement.

Cast & crew

  • Tyler MeasomDirector
  • Patrick WaldropDirector
  • Pauly ShoreSelf (archive footage)
  • StingSelf
  • Benji MaddenSelf
  • Michael NesmithSelf
  • Norman LearSelf
  • Billy IdolSelf
  • Dee SniderSelf
  • Michael Ian BlackSelf

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