A documentary film about the Orwellian techniques and methods of FIT
From the blog of Marc Vallée, photojournalist…
The NUJ has released a short film called Press Freedom “Collateral Damage” which tackles the issue of police surveillance of bona fide journalists who document political dissent.
The film, written and directed by Jason N. Parkinson, is a damming account of the Orwellian techniques and methods of the Metropolitan Police Forward Intelligence Team (FIT) over the last few years. The film is 9 minutes long and starts with footage of the 2006 Camp for Climate Action and ends with footage from the 2008 Camp for Climate Action. This film includes evidence of the FIT targeting working journalists and footage of police attacking journalist when covering protests. The film also has an interview with Jeremy Dear (General Secretary of the NUJ) and photographers outside New Scotland Yard, the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police.
Read the full article, complete with links to the film etc, here
