Citizen Koch's Condom Campaign

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Citizen Koch's Condom Campaign

New York (12/16/96) Vol. 29, No. 49, P. 13
Keil, Beth Landman; Mitchell, Deborah

Abstract: New York City Mayor Edward I. Koch is promoting a plan to show public-service announcements that encourage safer sex in place of the trivia quizzes shown at city movie theaters before films. The suggestion was offered by one of the Mayor's radio listeners, and a short animated film was produced as a result by two young film students whose aid Koch enlisted. The mayor had also sought help from dozens of Hollywood sources, but no one accepted. Koch proceeded to personally lobby movie theaters in the city, but he was largely unsuccessful. City Cinema, however, agreed to show the film on five of its screens.

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