[Imc-birmingham] [Fwd: Re: Press Query - Films season]

[phunkee]

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Subject: 	Re: [Imc-birmingham] Press Query - Films season
Date: 	Fri, 20 Jul 2007 18:47:43 +0100
From: 	Chris Beanland <chris.beanland at googlemail.com>
To: 	phunkee <phunkee at aktivix.org>
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Hi thanks for getting back to me
 
I figured you guys might be a little hesitant to be quoted so below are 
the questions I've sent to Jack Stevenson, the film writer. I'd love to 
have quotes from some of you as well, the only problem is i'll need each 
quote to be attributed to an actual person and a full name. Is this a 
problem? I understand if so, and that you have a collective 
philosophy, but if you feel some of you can give answers to some of the 
Qs below with your names, that would be great
 
Let me know either way
I need the answers by sun evening/mon am at the latest btw
 
Cheers for your contribution
 
best
Chris
 
 
 
 
1) What made you interested in these particular films?
 
2) What can modern audiences gain from watching these films?
 
3) Do you see a parallel between the current movement of 'citizen 
journalism' and what Indymedia does using mobile phones for photos and 
video, and the movement chronicled here in the late 60s?
 
4) And also dont know if youve ever noticed but in protests these days, 
the demonstrators all film the police and the police then have cameras 
and film the demo! Everyon's filming each other. Any thoughts on that?
 
5) What are your personal hgihlights from these films? Best bits etc
 
6) Do you see them as historic documents of what life was like then in 
the US?
 
7) Have you got any good anecdotes/stories/ trivia about the films that 
would be interesting to mention...
 
8) You mention about the clear bias in thes films (as against the 
biassed corporate media) - should they be seen as journalism or docs or 
propaganda?
 
9) Would you see someone like michael moore as a kind of inheritor of 
this way of making films from a personal perspective?
 
10) Any thing else youd like to discuss, any interesting points from the 
films?

11) Why did you choose to show them as well? And why now?
 
Thanks


On 7/20/07, *phunkee* <phunkee at aktivix.org <mailto:phunkee at aktivix.org>> 
wrote:

    Chris Beanland wrote:

     > Hi there
     >
     > I've just been in touch with Alex from the Mac. I'm a journalist
     > writing for Metro about the Radical Films season. It's going to be a
     > preview in theory
     >
     > Is there someone there I can get some quotes off?
     >
     > This is for the arts section by the way, don't worry about some
    idiot
     > news hack writing rubbish. We're genuinely interested in these films.
     >
     > Can someone get back to me as soon as pos please
     >
     > ta
     > Chris
     >
     > 07947 317 962

    Hi Chris,

    I've been trying to contact you on your phone this afternoon, hopefully
    this email will get to you on time.

    We work as a collective, so if you email us back we'll generate some
    responses for you.

    Thanks for the coverage by the way :)

    phunkee (one of birmingham indymedia)

    http://birmingham.indymedia.org.uk