by PAULMARRIS television and other entertainment" industries.
iffected the cinema. Politically production — and film viewing - has burst forth anew on a scale not seen since the thirties. The healthiest sector of the film industry as a whole recognise this, y independent of big capital, th i necessarily politically and aes sector, because it is objectively (and predominantly subjective struggle of working class for a bew In Britain one of the important components of the independent sector is The Other Cinema. It is posed of a dozen women and Cent This id one ones bage an усаг. work we've doing since Tortion has been d constant activity.
Distribution is the rough equivalent in the film medium to publishing in the printed media The Other Cinema distribute feminist and socialist campaign taries, fearures from the Thind World, and British independent films. everywhere are closing. Superimposed upon the general capitalist crisis of profitability is a shift of capital away from this specifie branch of industry, especially into These are shown by filmt sociewomen's groups, and at political local film theatre, & in a targe measure made up of films have been able to make available in Britain.
endent Film-makers tion, the association that organLee the make patial and as film-makers who work out thetic constraints of the bourgoois film and TV industries.
Our cinema in Central Londor hows the films we bring into dis ribution and many others be ides. Film-makers discuss wit their audiences: there 81c socar on many different political aesthetic topics, campaigns bold meetings and benefits using film. We have recently installed a bar and opened up a clubroom The possibilities are vast. For Instance, with Music for Socialmusic and vilm performances We are currently showing film commercials for zine and Socialist Challenge!
But in the context of an ailing industry we suffer from a contra diction. While what is now the "independent' sector is the artistcally and politically most alive healthy in the context of recognise this. In 1973 the couterence of the film-workers union, the Association of Cine mograph and Television Te licians, adopted the policy This il for ted in a dealed report prepared by the union nationalisation makes essential reading for all their militants But the lack of a real fight for the implementation of this policy Acrile gain ground as the allowed the right in the nd led to the shelving of th reports film-makers in the inde pendent sector, we are left to Fight for the extension of State suhsidy for our work, while defending and independence in the use of such money. This latter issue was the cal content of the recent succes il dispute sendent Film-makers tion over the contract term offered by Institute Production Board for is tim-making grams State subsidy, in order to organised joint bution and exhibition, The Otbe Cinema has launched a £25,000 Wedge maga fund drive to raise money from supporters inside and outside the abour movement. Please send u donations as individuals, raise support at meetings of your trade union branch or student untion. Socialist Challenge supcampin let pair me to in. locally just Like which CECITOU waged by the Inde Associa the British Film below.
struggle for around SMEONES group or local film society. Use our hims far your meetings. Our work furthers tbe socialism - in continue i Gay New is the gay newspaper THE GUNS Posters illustrating some of the films distributed by The Other Cinema. The posters are available for pubilcity purposes. A catalogue of filma distributed by the cinema is also obrainable from the address London with our cinema, everywhere with our distribution ser must be enabled to paper that we as gay people need.
LOOD DF THE COM enal Lite Newporr The Other Street, Landon WCH 733. Tel: 101-7348508. would it begin to politicise