I'm not sure if we want to do something in a similar style to the public information films (PIF) of 60s/70s/80s, or something more up to date with the same message, but there'd certainly be an aspect of agency in making something in the original style.
I'm not sure if everyone has seen Leila's post from a few days ago, but I think it's pretty perfect for what we're doing so do have a look! Having done a bit of research from that page, it looks like this £3.6 million programme is a development of an earlier (September 2015) programme and I think that shows that we're really on to something here! Interestingly, seems to be very similar to earlier initiatives relating to the creation of community libraries which, coincidentally, my parents have been very involved in (Grappenhall Community Library).
The basic premise seems to be to encourage people to create community pubs, which seems to follow the premise of them being important to communities. The Plunkett Foundation is mentioned on the press release and seems to help communities create cooperatives. With specific regards to pubs, pub is the hub looks like a goldmine for our project!
It also turns out that there's a pub in Nunhead that was the first community owned pub in London after being the first bought using the 'Community Right to Bid', so I think we can definitely pay a visit there. We could even talk to them about the possibility of screening our film once it's finished.
Anyway, I know it's early days for this idea but would be great if we can all have a think about it over the weekend, maybe just looking at a few old PIFs or looking at a couple of the links in this post. I know we all have essays but would be great to be able to develop this more on Monday.
On the topic of Monday's meeting, the surveillance project are screening their project in the refectory from 11ish apparently, so think I thought we could meet there at 2 to show some support and then get planning.
Have a good weekend guys, Tom x
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