Learning on ScreenUndercurrents 6
- Synopsis
- A video magazine of alternative news, published in response to a growing frustration with mainstream news reporting. All the material was shot on domestic camcorders, mostly by activists who are using the media to support their campaigns.
1 (5 min): Serenading Newbury bypass construction workers.
2 (6 min): Campaigns from around the world, from Spain to Papua New Guinea.
3 (17 min): The struggle of a traditional Romany community to maintain its identity.
4 (10 min): Pop groups Zion Train, Exodus and Brighton Free Festival bypass the corporate music machine.
5 (5 min): What happens when horses get in front of chainsaws.
6 (2 min): Residents react when a CCTV camera points at their window.
7 (6 min): Environmental activism in the USA when laws threaten old growth forests.
8 (7 min): Anti-car parties spring up around the country.
9 (13 min): The four women who disarmed a British-made warplane bound for Indonesia tell their story.
10 (2 min): A silly story from ITN.
11: Using the Internet to in the legal battle against McDonald’s restaurants.
12 (10 min): How video is being used to win campaigns in Australia.
13 (7 min): Behind the scenes with the video crew. - Series
- Undercurrents, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 93 min.
- Year of production
- 1996
- Availability
- Sale; 1996 sale: £27.95 per issue 1996 subscription: £75.00 (1 year/3 issues)
- Subjects
- Environmental science; Politics & government
- Keywords
- arms industries; Australia; forest ecosystems; gypsies; multinational corporations; Music; video magazines; video surveillance
Sections
- Title
- Road blues
- Synopsis
- 1 (5 min): Serenading Newbury bypass construction workers.
- Title
- Global news
- Synopsis
- 2 (6 min): Campaigns from around the world, from Spain to Papua New Guinea.
- Title
- Swan farm
- Synopsis
- 3 (17 min): The struggle of a traditional Romany community to maintain its identity.
- Title
- Where there’s a wig there’s a way
- Synopsis
- 4 (10 min): Pop groups Zion Train, Exodus and Brighton Free Festival bypass the corporate music machine.
- Title
- Wild horses of Newbury
- Synopsis
- 5 (5 min): What happens when horses get in front of chainsaws.
- Title
- Alien nation
- Synopsis
- 6 (2 min): Residents react when a CCTV camera points at their window.
- Title
- Songs for the salvage rider
- Synopsis
- 7 (6 min): Environmental activism in the USA when laws threaten old growth forests.
- Title
- Reclaiming the streets
- Synopsis
- 8 (7 min): Anti-car parties spring up around the country.
- Title
- If I had a hammer
- Synopsis
- 9 (13 min): The four women who disarmed a British-made warplane bound for Indonesia tell their story.
- Title
- Snodland news
- Synopsis
- 10 (2 min): A silly story from ITN.
- Title
- Judge for yourself
- Synopsis
- 11: Using the Internet to in the legal battle against McDonald's restaurants.
- Title
- Vid of Oz, The
- Synopsis
- 12 (10 min): How video is being used to win campaigns in Australia.
- Title
- Making of Undercurrents
- Synopsis
- 13 (7 min): Behind the scenes with the video crew.
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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