Utopia Limited. Tape 2

Synopsis

Programmes 6-10 of a series examining world system rooted in the unequal distribution of wealth and power and shows how the issues affect people in the UK.
1: Briaking out of the cycle of food shortages and limited food supplies requires a strategy of self-reliance. Asks if South Korea is an example of greater economic independence.
2: Looks at the experience of Peru in attempting to achieve the World Health Organisation’s ‘Health for All’ target by the year 2000.
3: Examines the health crisis in Chimbote, Peru, where a declining fishing industry has left an entire community stranded.
4: In contrast with food, energy and health, asks why the international arms trade has such massive resources devoted to it.
5: A discussion on strategies for the South. Includes an interview with Michael Manley, ex-Prime Minister of Jamaica.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 150 min.

Year of production

1983

Availability

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Notes

Broadcast on C4 from 22/11/83.

Subjects

Development studies

Keywords

agricultural development; arms trade; developing countries; food production and distribution; Peru; public health; South Korea

Credits

Director

Nigel Maslin

Contributor

David Tereshchuk

Sections

Title

Staying poor machine, The

Synopsis

1: Briaking out of the cycle of food shortages and limited food supplies requires a strategy of self-reliance. Asks if South Korea is an example of greater economic independence.

Title

Health for all?

Synopsis

2: Looks at the experience of Peru in attempting to achieve the World Health Organisation's 'Health for All' target by the year 2000.

Title

Price of life, The

Synopsis

3: Examines the health crisis in Chimbote, Peru, where a declining fishing industry has left an entire community stranded.

Title

Arms bizarre

Synopsis

4: In contrast with food, energy and health, asks why the international arms trade has such massive resources devoted to it.

Title

Where do we go from here? 1

Synopsis

5: A discussion on strategies for the South. Includes an interview with Michael Manley, ex-Prime Minister of Jamaica.

Production Company

Name

International Broadcasting Trust

Phone

020 7482 2847

Fax

020 7284 3374

Address

London
NW1 8EE

Sponsor

Name

Channel Four Television

Phone

071-396 4444

Address

LONDON
SW1P 2TX

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.