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Andrew Price has been presenting our popular online video series about wilderness survival skills. Andrew will now play a role in a fictional documentary (a 'focumentary') as a man seeking a new way of life after the economic collapse of society.  Release date Spring 2013

TEOTWAWKI (The End of The World as We Know It ) is not a story of disaster but of inspiration and community.
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Undercurrents utilized a secret camera for this production. 13 British people were stopped at Tel Aviv airport in July 2011. Five hours later they and 120 other people were in a high security prison in Israel.An undercurrents reporter smuggled out this hidden recorded video of their six nights locked up in the high security prison in Israel.The video clips shows how the women were forced to scrub the prison floors in exchange for coffee. Life inside the hot cells and tense interactions with the Israeli guards were all captured.
Camera by D Murphy / Directed by Paul O'Connor

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Over a decade, Helen, a co-founder of Undercurrents went in search of a sustainable way of life. Along the way she recorded the UK's most high profile campaigners on low impact living. Her journey took her to Crystal Waters Permaculture village in Australia, Sunseed Desert Technology centre in Spain, Findhorn spiritual community in Scotland, The Village in Ireland and the low impact settlement, Tinkers Bubble in Somerset England. The main strand of the film follows the story of Lammas- Britain's first planned Ecovillage to be developed in England and Wales.
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Evolving Minds offers a fresh and radical perspective on alternatives to the mental health system. Presenting clear information in a humorous style it covers diverse topics such as shamanism, nutrition, psychotherapy, meditation and protest against draconian mental health legislation.

Evolving Minds explores the connection between psychosis and spiritual experience and provides techniques for people to explore and take control of their own minds. An invaluable resource that will educate, empower and inform.Includes exclusive footage of British army experiments with LSD.

Directed by Melissa Gunasena,
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Ben Law takes you step by step through the design techniques and build of a roundwood timber framed building in the UK.Other examples of Ben’s builds are also explored: the Lodsworth Larder (a village shop), his own workshop and his own home (left) made infamous by Channel 4 Grand Designs– the Woodland House.

Undercurrents was commissioned to make Ben's first DVD

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Britain's only Asian clown goes to Sri Lanka aiming to help children recover from the 2005 Tsunami and decades of civil war.Kingsley Perera, whose clown name is Theeeko, goes on a physical, emotional and spiritual journey across the tropical island. But can a Welsh clown with a conscience really make a difference?
Undercurrents follows him as he goes back to his roots in Sri Lanka to help relieve the traumas of the Tsunami.


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Life Before Death explores the experiences of two women & their daughters as they face terminal illness. However, far from being a morbid lament, the film develops into an uplifting meditation on finding acceptance when faced with the most critical time of our life. Directed by Helen Iles
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Globalisation and the Media ( 24minutes ) DVD
An award winning documentary by Undercurrents exploring the role of the mass media during the War on 'Terror' & Economic trade.

Consider a wide range of viewpoints from mainstream news editors, computer hackers, journalists and media activists. Discover how new technology, such as the Internet and camcorders, are challenging the role of the traditional news gatherer.

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'This DVD is a must see for those with a taste for progressive politics and cutting edge comedy'
Red Pepper

The TV comedian reveals, in a stand up show, the inside story on how he upset the U.S secret service by putting a bounty on the life of President G.W Bush. Mark also displays how he legally obtained police surveillance images of himself. Watch the DVD and find out why the funny man was forced to sing for his life underneath a busload of East London arms dealers. Dodge wildy as he takes potshots at foxhunters, advertisers, and a host of multi-national corporations. Find out why all U.S presidents are either Pepsi lovers or Coca Cola dribblers. The war on 'Terror', ID cards, animal rights, Scottish Politicians and just about everything gets a look in during his inspired comedy.

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An award winning documentary investigating how Police are trying to control the news agenda. The arrests of journalists during demonstrations is seen by many as a step too far. Repeatedly the reporters are released without charge once their news deadlines have passed. Undercurrents recorded incidents of reporters being arrested for filming Police misbehavior, and being locked up for forgetting the PIN on their Press Card. The narrator has been arrested 6 times and has never been charged.
The film asks is this how Police control what gets to the newsrooms?

Produced in 1999

'A ground breaking documentary'- The Ecologist

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