1994-2019 Undercurrents: Celebrating 25 years in (direct) action
May 4th 2019
Undercurrrents is going back to where it all began for us. We will be presenting our first film in Leytonstone, East London. Free Entry Details here |
'Undercurrents the alternative news video issue 1' was released on VHS tape on April 1st 1994. Most notable feature included the country's first video feature informing about the imminent introduction of the Criminal Justice Bill. A series of new laws which attacked the right to protest, to squat, right to silence and to assemble amongst many others. The first batch of 250 VHS tapes was sold out in a few weeks and press reviews were very positive.
Mariella Frostrup reviewed Undercurrents for The Little Picture Show which generated many subscriptions to the Undercurrents alternative news videos . |
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"Undercurrents shocks, informs and exposes."
The Guardian In 1994 Undercurrents moved into a resource centre in Archway in North London, sharing with various campaign groups. We set up the Camcorder Action Network to co-ordinate the increasing number of video activists. We had to use VHS casette to distribute our videos in the era before YouTube (which didn't launch until 2005) . Read our history here. Undercurrents even won the first of many international awards with first prize in the prestigious German OKOmedia festival '94 with our film about a road protest in East London. 
We released 10 issues of the Undercurrents alternative news videos
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