Statistic, A Reminder, A

Synopsis

Report from Birmingham on youth unemployment and the importance of music in the lives of these young persons. Highlights of a free reggae concert by two Birmingham groups - The Beat and UB40 - for the city’s young unemployed are included, and the programme talks to some of the group’s fans and other young people, including two boys on a government work experience scheme.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 52 min.

Year of production

1981

Availability

Hire

Subjects

Social welfare

Keywords

popular music; unemployment; young people; youth training schemes

Credits

Producer

Dennis Woolf

Contributor

Ed Harriman; Ed Vulliamy

Production Company

Name

Granada Television

Web

http://www.granadamedia.com External site opens in new window

Phone

020 7734 8080

Fax

020 7494 6280

Address

Non-Theatric Sales
36 Golden Square
London
W1R 4AH

Distributor

Name

Concord Media

Email

sales@concordmedia.org.uk

Web

http://www.concordmedia.org.uk/ External site opens in new window

Phone

01473 726 012

Address

Rosehill Centre
22 Hines Road
Ipswich
IP3 9BG

Notes

A long-established, not-for-profit organisation with a large collection DVDs, specialising in the sectors of general and mental health, child care, race relations, war and peace, addictions, the third world, ecology, civil rights, personal relationships, educational issues, and social work training. Concord also handles titles made for the Graves Medical Audio-visual Library. Sale on DVD. Formerly known as Concord Video and Film Council. In 2014 Concord began to offer selected films as Video on Demand, via Vimeo.