McLibel: Two Worlds Collide
- Synopsis
- A record of the ‘McLibel’ trial, in which Helen Steel and Dave Morris were sued for libel by the McDonald’s restaurant chain over accusations about the company’s policies towards animals, manipulation of children via its advertising, and pay and conditions for employees. Filmed over three years, it uses interviews with witnesses and reconstructions (directed by Ken Loach) to examine the main issues in the trial - nutrition, advertising, employment, animals, environment - as well as the implications for freedom of speech.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min.
- Year of production
- 1998
- Availability
- Sale; 1998 sale: £14.99 (inclusive)
- Notes
- Reviewed by John Vidal in ‘Earth Matters’ 38 (Summer 1998), p34.
McLIBEL, a reconstruction of the trial, was produced by Dennis Woolf Productions and broadcast on C4 on 17&18/5/97.
An updated (85 minute) version which included the Feb 2005 judgement by the European Court of Human Rights was broadcast on BBC4 on 13/4/85 in the Storyville series and received a theatrical release - Subjects
- Business studies; Law; Sociology
- Keywords
- animal welfare; civil law; freedom of expression; libel law; multinational corporations; globalisation
Credits
- Director
- Franny Armstrong; Ken Loach
- Cast
Dave Morris Helen Steel
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 2 PAL
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 50 minutes
- Year
- 2005
- Type
- VHS
- Format
- PAL
- Price
- £15.00 (home use only) or £50.00 (institutional) - Culturshop £8.00 retail
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 50 mins
- Year
- 2005
Production Company
Distributor
- Name
Good Screenings
- help@goodscreenings.org
- Web
- http://www.goodscreenings.org/ External site opens in new window
- Notes
- Good Screenings, a joint venture between the Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation and director Franny Armstrong, has a growing collection of social justice documentaries available for licensing for public screenings, with the fee automatically calculated from a sliding scale. The films can then be used at fundraising events.
Available from retail outlets
- Name
Spanner Films
- Contact
- Franny Armstrong
- greetings@spannerfilms.net
- Web
- http://www.spannerfilms.net/ External site opens in new window
- Address
- Camden
London
WC1N 3XX
Online Retailer
- Name
Cultureshop.org
- http://www.cultureshop.org/contactus.php?
- Web
- http://www.cultureshop.org/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 0117 942 7813
- Address
- 10/12 Picton Street
Bristol
BS6 5QA - Notes
- An online distributor of independent videos and DVDs, aiming to bring the work of campaigning and video activist groups to a wider audience.
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