Undercurrents host the 8th Annual BeyondTV int'l political film festival
undercurrents | 20.11.2007 11:04 | World
Undercurrents host the 8th Annual BeyondTV int'l documentary festival December 1st-2nd
Swansea, Films from Naomi Klein, Big Noise Films, undercurrents and many others.
Swansea, Films from Naomi Klein, Big Noise Films, undercurrents and many others.
BeyondTV
Undercurrents host the 8th Annual BeyondTV int'l documentary festival December 1st-2nd
Includes
December 1st
Session *1 2pm
On the Push- a new series about surfing and how climate change is affecting the waves.
Banksy- Graffiti artist whose work now sells for £500,000. See the artist in action.
Cheat Nuetral (13mins)
Those who have cheated on their partners can have their cheating 'offset' by a global network of fidelity.
Land Matters (30min) Living in Yurts near Totnes in South West England. An insight into the vibrant community of people living close to nature.
Session *2 5pm
EcoVillage Pioneers- (50mins)
Discovering new ways of living in harmony with our natural environment. Focused mainly upon the uphill challenge in obtaining planning permission to establish a low impact community in Pembrokeshire. (Dir: Helen iles)
Session *3 7.30pm
Shock Doctrine (7min)-Naomi Klein explodes the myth that the global free market triumphed democratically. Exposing the thinking, the money trail and the puppet strings behind the world-changing crises and wars of the last four decades (Dir Alfonso Curon)
Beyond The Forest (28min) Can an action movie save the Indian Tiger from extinction? (Dir: Indivision Films)
Burma and new media (Guy Horton) - films and discussion about how new technology is enabling campaigners to tell stories from repressive regimes.
Big Noise Films- New York based video activists. Excerpts of their latest movie,‘Deserter’ and '4th World War' plus discussion with co-founder Rick Rowley.
Coca Zero- (45mins)How the coca leaves of Bolivia has been turned into a criminal commodity through cocaine abuse in the West. (Dir: Martha Gutierrez Flores)
December 2nd Sunday
Session *4
Black Gold (95mins) - The bitter taste of injustice behind high street lattes and cappuccinos. How impoverished coffee growers suffer in this eye-opening expose of the multi-billion dollar industry, Black Gold traces one man's fight for a fair price for Coffee. (Dir: Marc & Nick Francis)
BeyondTv festival
December 1-2 Swansea, South Wales.UK
http://beyondtvfestival.info/
Includes
December 1st
Session *1 2pm
On the Push- a new series about surfing and how climate change is affecting the waves.
Banksy- Graffiti artist whose work now sells for £500,000. See the artist in action.
Cheat Nuetral (13mins)
Those who have cheated on their partners can have their cheating 'offset' by a global network of fidelity.
Land Matters (30min) Living in Yurts near Totnes in South West England. An insight into the vibrant community of people living close to nature.
Session *2 5pm
EcoVillage Pioneers- (50mins)
Discovering new ways of living in harmony with our natural environment. Focused mainly upon the uphill challenge in obtaining planning permission to establish a low impact community in Pembrokeshire. (Dir: Helen iles)
Session *3 7.30pm
Shock Doctrine (7min)-Naomi Klein explodes the myth that the global free market triumphed democratically. Exposing the thinking, the money trail and the puppet strings behind the world-changing crises and wars of the last four decades (Dir Alfonso Curon)
Beyond The Forest (28min) Can an action movie save the Indian Tiger from extinction? (Dir: Indivision Films)
Burma and new media (Guy Horton) - films and discussion about how new technology is enabling campaigners to tell stories from repressive regimes.
Big Noise Films- New York based video activists. Excerpts of their latest movie,‘Deserter’ and '4th World War' plus discussion with co-founder Rick Rowley.
Coca Zero- (45mins)How the coca leaves of Bolivia has been turned into a criminal commodity through cocaine abuse in the West. (Dir: Martha Gutierrez Flores)
December 2nd Sunday
Session *4
Black Gold (95mins) - The bitter taste of injustice behind high street lattes and cappuccinos. How impoverished coffee growers suffer in this eye-opening expose of the multi-billion dollar industry, Black Gold traces one man's fight for a fair price for Coffee. (Dir: Marc & Nick Francis)
BeyondTv festival
December 1-2 Swansea, South Wales.UK
http://beyondtvfestival.info/
undercurrents
e-mail:
beyondtv@undercurrents.org
Homepage:
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