Zap: The Weapon is Food

Synopsis

Describes the function of the ‘ZAP’ office, which was set up in the United Nations building in New York during the Republican administration, to monitor the voting of Third-World countries in the United Nations, which affected the aid given to these countries by the US. Includes an interview with Earl Butz, the then Secretary of State for Agriculture, who tries to justify this action.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Film; Film. 16mm. sd. col. 30 min.

Technical information

Black-and-white / Sound

Year of production

1977

Availability

Hire

Subjects

Development studies; Politics & government

Keywords

international aid; United States of America

Credits

Director

Richard Marquand

Producer

Richard Creasey; Richard Marquand

Contributor

Ernest Vincze; George Clark; John Pilger

Distribution Formats

Type

Film

Format

16mm

Production Company

Name

UK

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.