Learning on ScreenUndercurrents 3
- Synopsis
- A quarterly alternative video magazine, published in response to a growing frustration with the mainstream. All the material was shot on domestic camcorders, mostly by activists who are using the media to support their campaigns.
1 (4 min): How the black community mobilises when a man dies in police custody.
2 (13.5 min): A humourous feature on campaigners taking their grievances to the boardrooms and AGMs of corporations.
3 (2.5 min): Wassailing to stop road building in Coventry.
4 (9.5 min): The launch of a new land rights campaign.
5 (6.5 min): A roundup of activism from Australia, Poland, Denmark, the USA, France, Germany and the Netherlands.
6 (6.5 min): A campaigner’s view of events.
7 (2 min): Dancing with the indigenous people of Brazil.
8 (18.5 min): An anti-road road movie chronicling the death of a car. Three friends take their cars from the south of England and bury them into the motorway construction in Glasgow to build a ‘carhenge’.
9 (12.5): Video evidence being used to defend road campaigners against wrongful arrest.
10 (2.5 min): Stonehenge revisited.
11 (13.5 min): Students force banks to act ethically
12 (6.5 min): Using camcorders to stop hunting in the New Forest: footage of a deer being mauled to death by hounds.
13 (14 min): How campaigners in Northern Ireland are returning to non-violent direct action to bring about social justice in their communities. - Series
- Undercurrents, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 120 min.
- Year of production
- 1995
- Availability
- Sale; 1996 sale: £27.95 per issue
- Subjects
- Environmental science; Politics & government
- Keywords
- environmental campaigning; field sports; legal issues; local government; media; road building
Sections
- Title
- No justice, no peace
- Synopsis
- 1 (4 min): How the black community mobilises when a man dies in police custody.
- Title
- Take it to the top
- Synopsis
- 2 (13.5 min): A humourous feature on campaigners taking their grievances to the boardrooms and AGMs of corporations.
- Title
- Green man, The
- Synopsis
- 3 (2.5 min): Wassailing to stop road building in Coventry.
- Title
- Can you dig it?
- Synopsis
- 4 (9.5 min): The launch of a new land rights campaign.
- Title
- Global news
- Synopsis
- 5 (6.5 min): A roundup of activism from Australia, Poland, Denmark, the USA, France, Germany and the Netherlands.
- Title
- Stop live exports
- Synopsis
- 6 (6.5 min): A campaigner's view of events.
- Title
- Yanomami rap
- Synopsis
- 7 (2 min): Dancing with the indigenous people of Brazil.
- Title
- To Pollok with love
- Synopsis
- 8 (18.5 min): An anti-road road movie chronicling the death of a car. Three friends take their cars from the south of England and bury them into the motorway construction in Glasgow to build a 'carhenge'.
- Title
- Bobby, Nick and Sue
- Synopsis
- 9 (12.5): Video evidence being used to defend road campaigners against wrongful arrest.
- Title
- Exhaust pipe dream
- Synopsis
- 10 (2.5 min): Stonehenge revisited.
- Title
- Beanz meanz copz
- Synopsis
- 11 (13.5 min): Students force banks to act ethically
- Title
- Daylight robbery
- Synopsis
- 12 (6.5 min): Using camcorders to stop hunting in the New Forest: footage of a deer being mauled to death by hounds.
- Title
- Buck stops here, The
- Synopsis
- 13 (14 min): How campaigners in Northern Ireland are returning to non-violent direct action to bring about social justice in their communities.
- Title
- Back to the streets
Production Company
- Name
Undercurrents
Distributor
- Name
Undercurrents
- 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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