[imc-auckland-video] That is, the 2005 NOT 1995 version of McLibel

[Geraldene Peters]

D'oh ;-)


On 8/29/05 4:19 PM, "Geraldene Peters" <bern at ihug.co.nz> wrote:

> Hey all
> 
> Congratulations to everyone involved with organising the screening
> yesterday, I'm sorry not to have made it, but heard it was a good one.
> 
> It seems none of the usual suspects had a hand in local media publicity -
> so, a big thanks too to the mystery publicist (s).
> 
> Matt, sounds like you tried to keep the radical spirit of democracy alive as
> an MC - good on you for the effort - it's a spirit all too readily lost when
> left agendas are dominated by a middle of the road reformist-prone left.
> It's a tricky call though eh?  All those questions about preaching to the
> converted / converting or catering to the masses etc.
> 
> Shall we make the next screening the end of October?  Sunday the 30th (week
> after Labour weekend).  I can commit to helping out then but in the
> interests of sustainability, I really only want to be part of a team.  We
> struck a programming glitch in the middle of the year because nobody was
> available to get involved, a key reason why the screening  happened last
> night was out of obligation to air the Indymedia documentary.
> 
> The usual suspects are falling off, and it would be great to get some new
> hands on board to initiate and organise screenings.  Now that the Comedy
> Club have their own projector, screenings are a lot easier to organise...
> 
> There are a couple of suggestions floating around:
> 
> 1.  the Brand new 1995 "McLibel" documentary from Spanner films.  NB.  This
> is NOT the one we've all seen before and rented from the video store. As far
> as I know, there are no copies as yet of the new version in New Zealand.
> Runs at 85mins. For more info, go to:
> http://www.spannerfilms.net/?lid=161
> 
> 2.  "Chávez, Venezuela and the New Latin America"  at 55 mins.
> http://www.oceanbooks.com.au/categories.php?cPath=27&osCsid=c14ad77375fb8605
> 96ecaefabe46099c
> http://www.leftbooks.com/cgi-local/SoftCart.exe/online-store/scstore/p-dob20
> 04cv.html?E+scstore
> 
> Any thoughts on other possible docs?
> 
> Best, G
> 
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