On The Verge vs. Police State

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#146437Sat 29/03/08 14:07

A misguided piece of official hysteria: Police are going to unusual lengths to stop you seeing an obscure, low-budget documentary about an arms manufacturer

Steven Morris -- The Guardian -- Thursday March 27 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/mar/27/ethicalliving.activists

Over the past 10 days, the film has become notorious, not so much because of the material it contains but because of the reaction of police forces and local authorities to it. Made for less than £500, the film tells how a small but committed group of activists, smashEDO, are taking on the Brighton base of an international arms manufacturer and, in the process, their local constabulary.

The police, who are not shown in a good light in the film, intervened to stop the movie's premiere at a cinema in Brighton, and since then police officers and council officials have been paying calls to venues across the country where On the Verge (so called because the smashEDO protesters were confined for a while to a narrow grass verge opposite the factory they were targeting) is due to be shown, suggesting that it is not a good idea to show the film.

Join the debate: watch the On the Verge trailer and give us your views on heavy-handed censorship:
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/ethicalliving/2008/03/gagging_orders.html

On The Verge -- Trailer:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3Tf6SYeyVEE

tavdySat 29/03/08 14:37

Perhaps Schnews's next project should be a film about how the Police tried to squash this film? It would certainly be their style...

#146437Sat 29/03/08 18:06

quoting > "Perhaps Schnews's next project should be a film about how the Police tried to squash this film? It would certainly be their style..."

I hadn't heard of this campaign before coming across the Guardian article. It would appear the police have shot themselves in the foot by trying to censor the film. The surest way to attract attention to something is to try to ban it.

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