Film Number |
7551 |
Title |
CHANNEL 4 FORUM - ALAN FOUNTAIN AND WOWO WAUTERS |
Producer |
WFA |
Date |
1983 |
Gauge |
U-matic LB |
Colour |
colour |
Sound |
sound |
Running Time |
46 mins 25 secs |
Description |
This was the 4th week of WFA's autumn film society programme in 1983 entitled "Films as organisers." Guest speakers included Alan Fountain, Channel 4 commissioning editor for independent film, Greg Philo from Glasgow Media Group and a panel including Wowo Wauters, Theresa Wilkie (Chair) and Mohsin Zulfiqar from the Pakistani Workers' Association (PWA). Wowo Wauters talks about WFA's practice of access to media tools in making independent films. Alan Fountain speaks about the models for commissioning independent films and the Parliamentary Act which gave rise to Channel 4 and its surprisingly strong brief to seek new voices and innovation, but lack of finance to match this. He talks about the achievements and weaknesses of the channel and the rising pressures to reassess its direction. Extracts of 'Eastern Eye' are screened as an example of one of the programmes commissioned by Channel 4. |
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