BUILDERS AND THE GAMES
Margaret
Dickinson, UK 2012 (U) 57 mins
Making Builders and the Games began with the
aim of documenting experiences of construction workers building the London
Olympic Park. The process turned into a long struggle with bureaucracy,
security and hype, reflected in an end product which stresses the wider
context. Although centred in Stratford, the film considers the legacy of past
high-profile projects and explores problems such as the lack of apprenticeships,
which the Olympic Authority promised to address, and blacklisting, which it did
not.
ROYAL
CLEANERS FIGHT FOR A LIVING WAGE
Reel News,
UK 2011 (Advised E) 11 mins
While
millions are spent on the Royal wedding, the cleaners in Buckingham Palace have
to make do with poverty pay.
GREECE: OUR PRESENT IS YOUR FUTURE! (Extract)
Reel News,
UK 2012 (12A) 45 mins
The unprecedented
huge vote for radical left parties in Greece earlier this year is a reflection
of the powerful social movements forming on the ground that have a real chance
of stopping the Europe-wide austerity measures. Many self-organised solidarity
groups are springing up all over the country- in particular the parallel
developments of rank and file committees in the work places with neighbourhood
assemblies in the communities.
