Undercurrents 2

Synopsis: A quarterly alternative video magazine, published in response to a growing frustration with the mainstream media. All the material was shot on domestic camcorders, mostly by activists who are using the media to support their campaigns.
1 (12 min): How security firms are taking it out on campaign groups.
2 (12 min): How campaigners transform the courthouse in Brighton.
3 (10 min): The campaign to stop a golf course being built on common land.
4 (12 min): A critical look at the World Bank, IMF and GATT.
5 (8 min): Roundup of stories television fails to cover.
6 (6 min): Did the police go too far in baton-charging protestors in Oxford?
7 (25 min): The campaign to stop a bypass being built through Solsbsury Hill.
8 (9 min): A review of the year’s activities on the ‘No M11 Link’ campaign.
9 (3 min): Putting a halt to an advert made by Indonesian logging companies.
10 (8 min): How corporations libel campaigners to keep them quiet.
11 (5 min): Police seize a sound system on the way to a rave.
Series: Undercurrents, Series
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 112 min.
Year of production: 1995
Availability: Sale; 1996 sale: £27.95 per issue 1996 subscription: £75.00 (1 year/3 issues)
Subjects: Environmental science; Politics & government
Keywords: environmental campaigning; legal issues; local government; media reporting; road building

Title: Unreasonable force
Synopsis: 1 (12 min): How security firms are taking it out on campaign groups.
Title: Justice in the court
Synopsis: 2 (12 min): How campaigners transform the courthouse in Brighton.
Title: Playing around with the commons
Synopsis: 3 (10 min): The campaign to stop a golf course being built on common land.
Title: Washes whiter
Synopsis: 4 (12 min): A critical look at the World Bank, IMF and GATT.
Title: Street news
Synopsis: 5 (8 min): Roundup of stories television fails to cover.
Title: Off the record
Synopsis: 6 (6 min): Did the police go too far in baton-charging protestors in Oxford?
Title: Hill, The
Synopsis: 7 (25 min): The campaign to stop a bypass being built through Solsbsury Hill.
Title: You’ve got to be choking too
Synopsis: 8 (9 min): A review of the year's activities on the 'No M11 Link' campaign.
Title: Commercial brake
Synopsis: 9 (3 min): Putting a halt to an advert made by Indonesian logging companies.
Title: Attack of Big Mac
Synopsis: 10 (8 min): How corporations libel campaigners to keep them quiet.
Title: Free party people
Synopsis: 11 (5 min): Police seize a sound system on the way to a rave.

Name: Undercurrents
Email: info@undercurrents.org
Web: http://www.undercurrents.org External site opens in new window
Phone: 01792 455900
Address: Old Exchange
Pier Street
Swansea
SA1 1RY
Notes: A not-for-profit producer and distributor of UK and global counter-culture content. Working with video makers and communities who have been marginalised or overlooked by TV broadcasters, Undercurrents focuses on social and environmental issues and has some unique footage of campaigns and video activism. There is also a podcast series on eco-living entitled LIVING IN THE FUTURE. Some productions are available for purchase on DVD and others are streamed free online, via the webvideo section of the website.

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