Welcome to Spectacle
About Us
Spectacle is an independent television production company specialising in documentary, community-led investigative journalism and participatory media. Spectacle programmes have been broadcast across Europe, Australia and Canada and have won international awards. Spectacle also distributes independent video tapes, provides facilities to independent producers and training workshops on media studies, production and community based media.
Featured
Shaker Aamer: A Decade Of Injustice
New Updated DVD- Shaker Aamer is one of the 171 men still held in Guantanamo Bay and its last remaining British resident. Despite never having had a trial, having been approved for release twice and been the focus of a high-profile campaign for his immediate release, Shaker has remained in detention for more than ten years. His physical and mental health deterioration is also a prevalent concern.
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Training: Short, Sharp Affordable
NEW DATES for Weekend, Weekday and Evening Training Courses: Digital Video Production, Digital Video Production for Anthropologists and Social Researchers, Digital Video Production for the Web, Final Cut Pro, Copyright, Research and No/lo budget film making.
Also one to one working on your production- Learn what you need to know, when you need to know it.
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Bookchin On Bookchin
BOOKCHIN ON BOOKCHIN is an independent feature-length documentary about the life and times of American political thinker Murray Bookchin.
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Outside The Law: Stories From Guantánamo
Telling the story of Guantánamo: torture, extraordinary rendition and secret prisons. Examining how the Bush administration turned its back on domestic and international law, rounding up prisoners in Afghanistan and Pakistan without adequate screening and often for large bounty payments. Focusing on the stories of Shaker Aamer, Binyam Mohamed and Omar Deghayes, 'Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo' is powerful rebuke to the myth that Guantánamo holds “the worst of the worst”.
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Production Services
Short film and documentary are powerful ways of promoting awareness of a particular issue or campaign. Having produced films and projects for organisations as diverse as Amnesty International, Wellcome Trust, Groundwork London, NHS, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Council of Europe and Channel 4, we have the experience to help you produce a film for a variety of purposes.
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Our Website
We are continually in the process of uploading our extensive catalogue of video productions and archive of video footage to create a comprehensive online database of our work on this site.
On our website you will also find details of screenings and other events we are involved in, past and present, in the Events section. You can find detailed information about our projects, like the Poverty and Participation in the Media and Well London projects we are currently working on.
If there is any particular information that you are currently unable to find on this website, do not hesitate to contact us.
Elsewhere
Find out more about what we do and add your comments on the Spectacle Blog.