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Premiere of locally made media corruption doc
Now even more timely in light of recent revelations about the extent of phone hacking at Mirror Group Newspapers, The Fourth Estate eschews familiar “one bad apple” obfuscation to take a closer look at the links between money, politics and media power in the UK. This completely independent, zero-budget documentary by Bristol-based writer/editor Elizabeth Mizon and director Lee Salter was put together over two years using a six-year-old laptop, a DSLR, a stolen microphone and some borrowed editing equipment.
Taking the Leveson Inquiry as its starting point, the film explores how pervasive corruption and illegality became standard media practice. Among its contributors are journalists, ex-journalists, academics and victims, who reveal how the industry works to perpetuate inequality and ignorance.
Following its sold-out London premiere, The Fourth Estate receives its first local screening at the Cube on Monday, June 1, in collaboration with the Bristol Radical Film Festival. Advance tickets, price £5/£4, are available here. Go here for more about the film.
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