Undercurrents Alternative News Video Issue 1
Street News (10 mins) A roundup of stories that television ignores, marginalises or fails to cover Totally Out Of Order (16 mins) A four part film highlighting how the Criminal Justice Bill affects the activities of protestors, ravers, travellers and squatters The Drainer (3 mins) A man makes a living by retrieving coins out of Oxford's gutters When Seals Take Control (6 mins) A light-hearted look at the media coverage of direct action Bash The Baddy (7 mins) A local environmental group puts Councillor Charles Shouler on the spot, holding him personally responsible for preventing Oxford from having a car-free city centre You've Got To Be Choking (35 mins) The award winning documentary which charts the progress of the campaign to stop the M11 Link road destroying an East London community Winner: OKO Media 1994 Winner: WWF/BT Community Award 1995 |
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Issue 2
Unreasonable Force (12 mins)
Exposing how security firms assault and harrass activists Justice In The Court (12 mins) Housing campaigners transform the derelict Courthouse in Brighton into a community space Playing Around With The Commons (10 mins) Local villagers successfully stop a golf course being built on their common land Winner: Brazilian Olympiad Video Festival 1996 Washes Whiter (12 mins) A critical look at the World Bank, IMF and GATT Street News (8 mins) Roundup of the stories that TV chooses to ignore Off The Record (6 mins) Did the police go too far in baton-charging protestors in Oxford? The Hill (25 mins) The fight to stop a 'bypass' being built through Solsbury Hill You've Got To Be Choking Two (9 mins) Review of the year's activities on the 'No M11 Link Road' campaign Commercial Brake (3 mins) Putting a halt to a TV advert made by Indonesian logging companiesAttack Of Big Mac (8 mins) Investigating how corporations libel campaigners to silence Free Party People (5 mins) Police seize a sound system on the way to a rave |
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Issue 3
No Justice No Peace (4 mins)
Outrage when Brian Douglas dies - when will black deaths in custody end? The Green Man (2.5 mins) Using the ancient pagan ritual of 'wassailing' to stop road building in Coventry! Take It To The Top (13.5 mins) Bringing issues right to the doorsteps of those in authority Can You Dig It? (9.5 mins) Chronicling the launch of land rights campaign The Land Is Ours Global News (6.5 mins) Activism from around the globe Stop Live Exports! (6.5 mins) A campaigner's view of events surrounding live animal exports Yanomami Rap (2 mins) Protest music from the indigenous people of Brazil To Pollock With Love (18.5 mins) An anti-road road movie - chronicling the death of a car Winner: Green Vision 1998 Bobby Nick and Sue (12.5 mins) What to do when the police abuse their powers Exhaust Pipe Dream (3.5 mins) An animated fable about the car culture Beanz Meanz Copz (2.5 mins) Revisiting the site of police violence at Stonehenge Daylight Robbery (13.5 mins) Students force bank to reduce their third world debt and act ethically The Buck Stops Here (6.5 mins) Guide to using camcorders to stop hunting in the New Forest Back To The Streets (14 mins) A grassroots view of civil action in Northern Ireland |
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Issue 4
Look Chum! (9 mins)
An activist goes to the labour party conference to see what they are doing about the Criminal Justice Act 2 Tarts In A Kitchen (11 mins) Women's empowerment through direct action Adbusters(1.5 mins) Subverting advertising on the theme of GDP and economics Closed Mined, Open Cast (9 mins) A Yorkshire community fights for their jobs and environment Welcome To The Jungle (7 mins) DIY pirate radio in the council estates of North London And First (2 mins) Princess Di's menu becomes number one on the news agenda Operation Rook (9 mins) Police abuse the criminal justice act (CJA) and ambush non violent hunt saboteurs Best Of Crap Arrest (1.5 mins) A funny look at how the old bill goes about its business sHell On Earth (6.5 mins) A harrowing feature which investigates Shell's responsibility for the devestation of Ogoniland and the lack of British media coverage despite worldwide appeals. TV Jammers (1 min) More subvertising from North America Get Your Hair Cut (4.5 mins) A beginnners guide to the unjust Job Seekers Allowance (JSA) Street News (5 mins) Update on the news you don't see on the news |
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Issue 5
My Favourite Places (5 mins)
A hilarious feature that has Transport Minister Sir George Young giving a 'guided tour' of Oxford pursued by anti-road protesters Winner: Green Screen 1997 Global News (6 mins) Direct action roundup from around the world Listen To The Banned (6 mins) In 1995 6 charities had adverts banned. Is this censorship or did they go too far? Celtic Enemy (15 mins) Welsh villagers unite with direct action protesters to fight against opencast coal mining Winner: Tokyo Video Festival 1997 Winner: British Amatuer Video Award (BAVA) 1997 Winner: EarthVision USA 1998 Beadles A Trout (2 mins) Undercurrents gets its hands on naughty home movies shot by Reliance security guards working at the Newbury road protest! Struggle For Cyprus (7 mins) The media forgot the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, but the struggle continues Bugger Off (7 mins) Exclusive footage inside M15 and BT's telephone tapping operation as an activist goes in search of the files the state keeps on him Toll Tax (8 mins) Scottish community uprising - villagers fight against unjust tolls for the new bridge to the Isle of Skye Barbie Liberation Front (3 mins) Barbie dolls give themselves 'corrective surgery' to confront sexism Please Help (3 mins) A music video documenting the first 6 months of the Newbury anti-bypass campaign The Blutgeil Case (9 mins) Swiss anarchists battle against police censorship of their home made 'ketchup' movie |
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Issue 6
Road Blues (5 min)
Newbury construction workers are serenaded Global News (6 min) From Spain to Papua New Guinea, campaigns from around the world Swan Farm (17 min) The struggle to remain a traditional Romany community Where There's A Wig There's A Way (10 min) Zion Train, Exodus and Brighton Free Festival bypass the corporate music machine Wild Horses Of Newbury (5 min) A strange occurrence when horses get in front of chain saws Alien Nation (2 min) Residents play a trick to get their own back on the CCTV camera which invades their daily privacy Songs For The Salvage Rider (6 min) Citizens get active and radical when US laws threaten old growth forests Reclaiming The Streets (7 min) Documenting the rise of anti-car parties spring up around the country If I Had A Hammer (13 min) The story of four women who disarm a British made warplane bound for Indonesia Snodland News (2 min) Yet another ridiculous story from ITN... Judge For Yourself (3 min) Using the Internet to combat McDonalds global reach The Vid Of Oz (10 min) How Video is being used to as a campaign tool in Australia Making Of Undercurrents (7 mins) Behind the scenes with the video crew |
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Issue 7
Street News (7.5 min)
A round up of the latest direct actions from around Britain Dear Lenny (9 mins) Outraged Welsh residents make a video letter to present to the New York owner of a nearby polluting factory and get the changes they want. Winner: Tokyo Video Festival 1998 Party Political (1 min) Reclaiming the ballot box in London Sabotage (8 min) An insight into the increasing use of economic sabotage by activists Plane Warning(2 min) Aircraft and their huge impact on our climate Atlantic Frontier (1 min) Expensive Greenpeace graphics against oil exploration Holtsfield (15 min) A community of low impact dwellers defend their wooden chalets from eviction In Yer Face(3 min) Despite the death of one man, police are still intent on using CS spray against protestors Space Cadet (2 min) Smuggled out of the war office-the British army on LSD Squat the Lot (5 min) A step by step guide for the first time house recycling activist Oddsox (1 min) Changing your name to confuse the police computer No comment (2 min) How to handle yourself in the police interrogation room |
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Issue 8
Street News (5 mins)
An update of direct action protests from around Britain Gandalf Trial (7.5 mins) A frightening insight into the threat posed to grassroots publications Leyla Zana (7.5 mins) First Kurdish woman to become MP in Turkey is jailed for 15 years Timber (3 mins) A musical journey through the world of deforestation New Labour New Arms (7.5 mins) What Robin Cook and his friends are really up to Intermission Watch the subverts and make yourself a cup of tea..... Global News (6 mins) Campaigns from around the world Pig Brother (10 mins) If you thought you were safe from the eager eye of the police, think again! Pumpkin TV (7 mins) Are we really seeing valuable stories on local news? Wyndham Hill (5 mins) Residents stop developers building a superstore on local beauty spot Hunt Etiquette (1.5 mins) Huntsmen show off their manners Activist Poetry (2 mins) |
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Issue 9
Global News (4 mins)
International environmental, animal and social justice direct actions from around the world Glen of The Downs(7 mins) Charting the rise of direct action in Ireland FoxTrotting(4 mins) An activists' guide to stopping blood sports Trainstopping(5 mins) British activists join in protests against the transportation of nuclear waste across Germany Tubthumping (3.5 mins) Chumbawamba's /undercurrents video backdrop for the 1998 Brit Awards performance Subverts (3 mins) Changing Tv adverts a little in order to bring out the real message Breaking News (14 mins) An investigation into how and why the police control the news. An Undercurrents reporter won £6000 for false arrest in Feb 2002 Winner: BAVA (Best Documentary) News At Ten Sucks(2 mins) A look at what DIDN'T get in the news The Carbeth Hutters(7.5 mins) A Scottish community fights feudal land laws to preserve their unique way of life A Quick Leyline (1 mins) Poet 'Urban Shamen' seeks fulfilment in the late 20th Century Ploughshares 2000 (1.5 mins) Activists set out to disarm Britain's trident nuclear missiles Street News(4.5 mins) An update of enivronmental, social and animal justice direct actions around Britain |
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Issue 10
June 18th 1999(1 min) A promo for a day of protest, action and carnival in financial centres across the globe Street News (7 mins) An update of environmental, social and animal justice direct actions around Britain Workers Aid (5 mins) One womans journey delivering aid to war torn Kosova X Files (5.5 mins) British activists tackle genetically modified crop test sites, supermarkets that stock GMO foods and the corporation giant, Monsanto Leave Your Car at Home (3 mins) A touch of humour as a singer takes to the streets with her message and guitar Pie Attack (1.5 mins) The Biotic Baking Brigade cook up something for top capitalists..... Direct hit on World Trade Organisation MD (includes slow motion action replay!) Neighbours from Hell (8.5 mins) An Oxford community get radical when Railtrack ignore their views and destroy the Greenbelt Big Brother Awards (4 mins) Humour as the Big Brother awards are presented to councils and government agencies for increasing the surveilance of society Global News (5 mins) International environmental, animal and social justice direct actions from around the world Living Lightly (5 mins) A Welsh community challenge the governements rethoric of sustainability with real action GrassRoots (10 mins) Exploiring the tactics cannabis users are employing to challenge the current British drug laws Oh No! (3 mins) A musical tribute to the daft policing of protests! Blow Your Own Trumpet (3 mins) When a Huntsman fails to sound his horn... Seize The Day (7 mins) An inspiring music video highlighting Labours arms sales to repressive regimes |
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