The Video Activist Handbook. . - Books - book review
New Internationalist, May, 2002 by Paul O'Connor
by Thomas Harding
(Pluto Press ISBN 07453 17707)
Video activism is spreading fast and this book is invaluable both to the novice and the experienced user. It opens by chronicling the diverse use of camcorders by activists everywhere--be they Brazilian trade unionists, Tibetan dissidents or British eco-warriors. Technical guidance alternates with personal accounts from video-makers on the frontline, such as those at the WTO summit in Seattle.
Harding explores the increasing potential of the internet as a tool for political change, with step-by-step instructions for encoding video and disseminating images for viewing on computer screens around the world. Nor does he shy away from the thorny issue of when --and when not to -- film. Images that are useful for campaigning purposes can also be used to imprison activists.
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