McLibel (2005)

Directed by

Franny Armstrong, Ken Loach

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 25m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 23 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film documents the real life legal battle of two activists who were sued by a major corporation. It follows their long fight through the courts to defend their right to criticize a global business.

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What happens

McLibel (also known as McLibel: Two People Who Wouldn't Say Sorry) is a British documentary film directed by Franny Armstrong and Ken Loach for Spanner Films about the McLibel case. The film was first completed in 1997 as a 52-minute television version after the conclusion of the original McLibel trial. It was then extended with new footage to 85-minute feature length in 2005, after the McLibel defendants took their case to the European Court of Human Rights. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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