The Story of British Video Activism

Name: The Story of British Video Activism
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

The Story of British Video ActivismAuthor(s): Ed Webb-Ingall\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: BFI Publishing\nISBN-13: 9781839022241, 978-1839022241\nSynopsis\nThe coming of videotape, cheaper and more flexible than film, transformed the production and distribution of moving images, and political activists were among the first to recognise its potential. The Story of British Video Activism is the first book-length account of this vitally innovative but unjustly neglected filmmaking. Ed Webb-Ingall traces the democratising impact of portable video recording technology from the late 1960s to the early 21st century. He introduces pioneering and dynamic videomakers from John Hoppy Hopkins to Liberation Films and Ceddo Film and Video Workshop, showing how video played a powerful role in local and national campaigns on issues including housing, labour struggles and racial justice.\n\nThis book reveals the grassroots radicalism of generations.