« International Videoletters was conceived by American, Canadian, and Australian feminist media workers at the New York conference as a solution to feminist communities' feelings of isolation. The feminist press reported factual details of protests and events, but it provided neither the immediacy nor the intimacy feminists craved. Film and video could provide audiences with a more sensory experience of other communities' activities, and, as conference participants with experience working in video production and public access television pointed out, video was quick, easy, and cheap, meaning it could do so with an immediacy that film could not. » it's only gotten quicker, easier, and cheaper (hint, hint)