In GBA 227 we get better acquainted with Charlie. Over coffee and cake he talks about commissioning documentaries for The Guardian, being arrested for protesting tax avoidance, what he looks for in documentaries, activism, being a vegan, working at Sheffield Doc Fest, Jewishness, solidarity and more.
Charlie plugs:
Guardian Documentaries: http://www.theguardian.com/news/series/the-guardian-documentary
and giving him feedback on the Guardian Docs:
Charlie.Philips@guardian.com
I plug:
Stand Up Tragedy presents.... http://www.facebook.com/events/461679520679231/
#ManSurvey: http://www.mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk
We mention:
Sonjas episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-164-sonja
Spark London: http://www.stories.co.uk
Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/
Auto Trader: http://www.autotrader.co.uk/
Alan Rusbridger: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Rusbridger
Owen Jones: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Jones_(writer)
Polly Toynbee: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polly_Toynbee
Jonathan Freedland: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Freedland
Vlogging: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_blog
Sheffield Doc/Fest: https://sheffdocfest.com/
291 Gallary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/291_(art_gallery)
Channel 4: http://www.channel4.com/
Andrew Kötting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_K%C3%B6tting
Pan's Labyrinth: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan%27s_Labyrinth
Guillermo del Toro: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillermo_del_Toro
Super 8: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_8_film
Structuralist Filmakers of the 60's and 70's: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structural_film
Hasidic Judaism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasidic_Judaism
Radical Jewish Identity of the late 19th and early 20th Century: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_left
Trash: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trash_(nightclub)
Betty and the Werewolves: http://damagedgoods.co.uk/bands/betty-and-the-werewolves
C86: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C86_(album)
Paper Thin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2A2XBrI_T0
Damaged Goods: http://damagedgoods.co.uk/
Mumblecore: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumblecore
Lena Dunham: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lena_Dunham
Appropriate Behaviour: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appropriate_Behaviour
SXSW: http://www.sxsw.com/
20,000 Days on Earth: http://nickcave.com/news/nick-cave-20000-days-on-earth/
Jeremy Deller: http://www.jeremydeller.org/
Joe Sacco: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Sacco
Maus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maus
Ariel Shrag: http://www.arielschrag.com/
Persepolis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persepolis_(comics)
Tiny Furniture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiny_Furniture
Ira Glass: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Glass
Radiolab: http://www.radiolab.org/
Door Into The Dark: http://doorintothedark.com/
Socialist Worker: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_Workers_Party_(UK)
Tony Benn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Benn
Climate Rush: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_Rush
Climate Camp: https://twitter.com/climatecamp
UK Uncut: http://www.ukuncut.org.uk/
Jewdas: http://jewdas.org/
EDL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Defence_League
Britain First: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britain_First
Horse Meat: http://www.theguardian.com/uk/horsemeat-scandal
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