Learning on ScreenUndercurrents 9
- Synopsis
- A video magazine of alternative news, published in response to a 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 (4 min): International, environmental, social and animal justice direct actions.
2 (7 min): The rise of direct action in Ireland.
3 (4 min): An activist’s guide to stopping blood sports.
4 (5 min): British activists join in protests against the transport of nuclear waste actoss Germany.
5 (4 min): Chumbawamba’s backdrop to the 1998 Brit Awards performance.
6 (3 min): Anti-adverts from Canadian organisation Adbusters.
7 (14 min): Investigation into how and why the police control the news.
8 (2 min): Items omitted from the news.
9 (8): A Scottish community fights feudal land laws to preserve their unique way of life.
10 (1 min): Poet ‘Urban Shaman’ seeks fulfilment in the late 20th century.
11 (2 min): Activists set out to disarm Britain’s nuclear missiles.
12 (5 min): An update of environmental, social and animal justice direct actions around Britain. - Series
- Undercurrents, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 57 min.
- Year of production
- 1998
- Availability
- Sale; 1998 subscription: £72.95 (1 year/3 issues) institutional 1999 sale: £27.95 (per issue) institutional
- Subjects
- Sociology
- Keywords
- arms trade; environmental campaigning; fox hunting; Ireland; law enforcement; nuclear waste; nuclear weapons; television news
Sections
- Title
- Global news
- Synopsis
- 1 (4 min): International, environmental, social and animal justice direct actions.
- Title
- Glen of the downs
- Synopsis
- 2 (7 min): The rise of direct action in Ireland.
- Title
- Foxtrotting
- Synopsis
- 3 (4 min): An activist's guide to stopping blood sports.
- Title
- Trainstopping
- Synopsis
- 4 (5 min): British activists join in protests against the transport of nuclear waste actoss Germany.
- Title
- Tubthumping
- Synopsis
- 5 (4 min): Chumbawamba's backdrop to the 1998 Brit Awards performance.
- Title
- Intermission
- Synopsis
- 6 (3 min): Anti-adverts from Canadian organisation Adbusters.
- Title
- Breaking the news
- Synopsis
- 7 (14 min): Investigation into how and why the police control the news.
- Title
- News at Ten sucks
- Synopsis
- 8 (2 min): Items omitted from the news.
- Title
- Carbeth hutters, The
- Synopsis
- 9 (8): A Scottish community fights feudal land laws to preserve their unique way of life.
- Title
- Quick ley-line, A
- Synopsis
- 10 (1 min): Poet 'Urban Shaman' seeks fulfilment in the late 20th century.
- Title
- Ploughshares 2000
- Synopsis
- 11 (2 min): Activists set out to disarm Britain's nuclear missiles.
- Title
- Street news
- Synopsis
- 12 (5 min): An update of environmental, social and animal justice direct actions around Britain.
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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