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

Director

Cast

Dave Morris
Helen Steel

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

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