On the night of November 22, 1987, when the television broadcasts of two stations in Chicago, Illinois were hijacked in an act of broadcast piracy by a video of an unidentified person wearing a Max Headroom mask and costume, accompanied by distorted audio and with a corrugated metal panel swiveling in the background to mimic Max Headroom’s geometric background effect.
During the broadcast of popular British Science-Fiction program Doctor Who, the signal was interrupted by a pirate broadcast of unknown origin. Despite decades of investigation, the culprit has never been identified. Now 34 years later, a new film based on the incident is premiering today at the Chicago International Film Festival.
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