The new Smash EDO Campaign Movie is currently on tour. Police forces around the country have attempted to stop screenings of the film visiting venues and citing licensing laws to try to get screenings of the film pulled. Despite the repression the tour is going ahead.
Trailer for 'On the Verge' - The Smash EDO Campaign film
Verge on the road as SMASHEDO movie tour goes ahead despite censorship attempts
SchNEWS and SmashEDO have combined forces to bring the world "the film they tried to ban" - On the Verge, the story of the four -year campaign against EDO MBM, Brighton's favourite bomb-builders. Determined to beat the censorship imposed by Sussex Police and their allies (See SchNEWS 625), SchMOVIES have taken the show(ings) on the road.
The first leg of the tour over the last week has taken in Oxford, Bath, Hereford and finished up at Bristol's Kebele social centre. According to movie director Steve Bishop, "The whole things has been massively energised by Sussex Police's cack-handed attempt at censorship – so cobblers / bollocks to them basically. Venue organisers have been surprised at the turn outs – obviously huge credit has to go to everyone who organised a screening at short notice."..
Duke of York's in Preston Circus, Brighton, pulled the anti-war documentary at the last minute after an environmental health officer raised concerns over its lack of a certificate.
Cinema staff say they were told police had contacted the council to inform them of the potential breach of their licence.
They say it is the first time in recent memory a film has been pulled for that reason...
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