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1989 marked massive political upheavals within Germany and Romania that changed the world order. Simultaneously, mainstream media underwent a shift in its respond to political and social changes. Images of Germans tearing down the wall and crossing from East to West and West to East flooded televisions around the world, while television itself played a crucial role in the Romanian Revolution. These images partly defined how a generation related to media and understood political changes. Video artists responded and participated in this evolving visual language. This discussion explores how artists take their cues from mainstream media to create documentaries, essay films and personal narratives that dig a bit deeper into the politics behind the images and question how and what they convey to the public.