A Time Comes: the story of the Kingsnorth Six
Posted by Marc | 1-06-2009 22:32 | Category: Activism, Environment
A new film by internationally acclaimed director Nick Broomfield has just been launched online, focussing on six Greenpeace volunteers who in 2008 were tried and acquitted for climbing a chimney at Kingsnorth power station in the UK, in protest at the government’s plans to build a new generation of coal-fired power stations.
Produced by Bright Green Pictures, ‘A Time Comes’ reveals how the six were arrested for their action and charged with causing £30,000 worth of criminal damage to the tower because they painted “Gordon” down its side.
In a ground-breaking decision that reverberated around the world, the jury found the activists not guilty because the damage they did to the smokestack was outweighed by the harm done to the planet by emissions from the power station. The New York Times listed the defence as one of the ideas that defined 2008.
The film is available to watch online. Also an audio interview with Nick Broomfield and the film theme song ‘Mayday’ is downloadable. The song is written and performed by Nick Laird-Clowes with help from David Gilmour of Pink Floyd.
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