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Urban Platform in Brussels

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This weekend, there will be a 3-day long conference in Brussels organised by City Mine(d) on urban issues and initiatives concerning how to make cities more liveable. The conference begins Friday 19th November at 19:00 with a panel debate on ‘small initiatives, big challenges’. On Saturday 20th November, closed workshops will be held in the afternoon, with group discussions from 19:00 to 23:00. And on Sunday 21st November, from 10:00 til 22:00, there will be a bazaar of idea-sharing and proposals.

For more information, or to register for this event, see their webpage: http://urbanplatform.citymined.org/

Cuts demonstration – London october 2010

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Footage of the anti-cuts protest in London, October 20th, before the drastic cuts were confirmed.

Many students were marching against the government planned education cuts.

The cuts will  particularly affect the humanities as well as precipitating entire programs and grant facilities to be totally shut down. Current prospective students could see their university fees triple.

The student movements against the cuts culminated with the march last Wednesday 10th November that gathered more than 50,000 people coming from all over the country.

More actions should be announced to take place later during the month. Spectacle will be covering the ongoing actions.

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Sheffield DocuFest debates the ethics of Poverty on TV

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Poverty in the Media

Can documentaries about people living in poverty in the UK inform debate without resorting to voyeurism?

This relevant topic will be hotly debated on Friday at Sheffield’s documentary festival.

Among those taking part is Mark Saunders, independent documentary filmmaker and founder of Spectacle, a campaigning media production company and ever expanding web presence. Spectacle produced the Poverty and Participation in the Media Project.  Mark will be showing clips discussing the BBC’s documentary The Tower and Channel 4’s Rich Kid, Poor Kid.

He will be joined on the platform by leading UK programme makers Andy Glynne, Nick Fraser, Jim Boyle, Alexander Goodman and Robert Pendlebury. Brian Woods of True Vision and Julia Lewis from the Rowntree Foundation are moderating.

Although reality shows have attempted to provide more insight into the realities of life in poverty, they beg the question as to whether contrasting wealth and poverty is a sound approach. There may be better ways to create memorable, sensitive and engaging films.

After the debate, there will a series of shortlisted pitches.

The event is being hosted by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, which has partnered with Mosaic Films and BBC Storyville to find documentary makers who can produce compelling stories which engage audiences and encourage debate on poverty in the UK.

Venue: Town Hall Reception Rooms

Date: Friday 05 November 2010

Time: 10:30am

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Or visit our Poverty and the Media project pages for more information and videos.

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Endz Projection Screening – Four Films About Peckham

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Tomorrow, Friday 24th September at 7pm at Frank’s Bar in Peckham there will be a screening of a series of films created by local talent.

Endz Projection is an exciting, youth-led film project based in Peckham, South London, and run in conjunction with The Damilola Taylor Centre, the BFI, and Southwark Council among others. The four highly ambitious films seek to challenge the negative tensions associated with Peckham and have a constructive effect on the community, and London more generally, by offering a fresh, positive representation of local people.

The films range from documenting a humorous, alternative tourist introduction to London with a tour through Peckham, to a football match held between locals and the police.

It promises to be an iconic night.

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Battersea Power Station: presentation of new plans by REO 31st March.

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Battersea Power Station
Presentation of the new plans by Real Estates Opportunities

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DRCA Community Centre
Behind TESCO Metro in Battersea Park Road
Charlotte Despard Avenue SW11 5HD

Wednesday 31st March 2010 – 12 noon to 2.00pm

Jeremy Castle, Planning Director, will talk about the planning application that Wandsworth Council will decide upon in July.

3,700, luxury flats, riverside park, hotel, tube station surrounding the Grade II* listed Power Station which will become a retail centre.

This item will be early on the agenda and be a fairly brief introduction to the scheme.

Also

The Nine Elms Opportunity Area is creating a feeding frenzy of speculative buildings being planned – The US Embassy, 30 storey flats at the gas works, 50 storey flats on Covent Garden Market, 60 storey block at St George’s Vauxhall. What do local people want?

Whose Opportunity?

Battersea Community Forum hosted by Doddington and Rollo Community Association
RSVP for light refreshments.
Wandsworth Rights Umbrella Group and Battersea Power Station Community Group.

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For more information, visit our Battersea Power Station project page

Reinvestigate 9/11 event archive now online.

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To view Reinvestigate 9/11 click links below.

Reinvestigate 9/11 – Ian Henshall Talk
Reinvestigate 9/11, Cynthia McKinney Talk
Reinvestigate 911 – Dr. Nafeez Ahmed
Reinvestigate 9/11, Q&A – Part1
Reinvestigate 9/11, Q&A – Part2

Cynthia McKinney was a member of the US Congress for 12 years before being targeted for removal after challenging the official story of 9/11. Cynthia is a global campaigner for many human rights causes.

Ian Henshall is the author of ‘911 The New Evidence’ and a co-ordinator of Reinvestigate 911.

Dr. Nafeez Ahmed is a UK based terrorism expert. He is the author of ‘The London Bombings’ and ‘The War on Truth.’

The event covered the FBI Counterintelligence Programme (COINTELPRO), CIA, White House, Bush and Obama Administrations, foreign policy and ‘neutralization’ of internal threats, Chilcot enquiry, 9/11 commission, Israel, Lobbists, Dacajeweiah “Splitting the Sky“ (John Boncore) case, civil rights, racial equality and social activism.

This was a non-funded shoot incorporating work placement participatory filming and editing

London-Delhi work to be showcased

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Mediabox is showcasing the work created for the London-Delhi project, more of which can be seen at the Spectacle website. The training and networking day incorporating Spectacle work is taking place on the 24th March at Oxford House in Bethnal Green.

Outside the Law: Stories from Guantanamo Tour Dates

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New and updated Tour Dates of Outside the Law: Stories from Guantanamo have now been added to the Spectacle Events Page.

Screenings of Outside the Law: Stories from Guantanamo are taking place all over the UK over the next few months. Tour dates and details are now on our Events section.

If you are interested in organising a screening in your area contact us now

Outside the Law: Stories from Guantanamo is available to purchase now, click here for more details

Find out more about Spectacle’s Guantanamo Project

Visit our Archive for extra interviews and more

Find out more about Outside the Law: Stories from Guantanamo

Kew Bridge Eco Village Planning Meeting Tonight

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Planning Meeting about Kew Bridge Eco Village.

The next Planning Meeting to decide the fate of the Eco Village’s land at Kew Bridge takes place tonight at 7.30pm at Hounslow Civic Centre.

The Eco Village urges people to support their cause:

“We need your help to oppose the monstrous development St Georges want to build!  Since September, St Georges have gotten cocky and reduced the amount of affordable housing from 26% to 13%!! When the ‘London Plan’ seeks a 50% minimum of social housing.  This is not acceptable when so many people are seeking affordable homes in Brentford and Hounslow.

A big presence of local people and supporters will put pressure on the council to refuse this ridiculous application!!

So please come down to Hounslow Civic Centre on Wednesday 17th February at 7.30pm!! Or meet at the Eco Village at 6pm and walk with us!”

WATCH Spectacle’s Film featuring the Eco Village.

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WATCH Specatcle’s Land Is Ours footage.

London – Delhi 2010-2012 Exhibition

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Exhibition 5 February – Sun 28th February 2010

Location: Watermans

The London – Delhi 2010 – 2012 Exhibition will be showing at Watermans until the 28th of this month.

London-Delhi 2010-2012 is a digital arts collaboration between artists and young people in London and Delhi, creating and sharing contemporary stories of their two cities.

The research areas that are being explored touch upon large scale structural changes that are happening in Delhi and London, the social worlds that get impacted through these changes and the zones of flux and uncertainty about ways of life that these produce. London-Delhi 2010 -2012 will draw on the different perspectives and transformations of these two cities, each with the eyes of the world upon them, as they prepare to host Delhi 2010 and London 2012.

Learn more about this project:

London – Delhi 2010-2012

Riverfront – Workshop Film

Riverfront – Spectacle’s Film

Watermans