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The Loch Long Monster
Nuclear disarmament, the Scottish way
Overview
Genre
Current Affairs, Environment, Human Rights, and Politics
Synopsis
"People come to Scotland to see the Loch Ness Monster," says the hotel owner on the west coast, "but the real monster is at my doorstep." He is referring to the British Trident nuclear submarines and their deadly nuclear missiles.
The peace movement has protested and petitioned for decades, but does not ever seem to get very far using these methods alone. The new option, according to activists from 'Trident Ploughshares', is "people's disarmament".
Any method used to "disarm" Trident is acceptable, as long as it does not endanger or harm anybody. Members of the 'Ploughshares' cut the fences of the submarine bases, they swim up to the submarines to dismantle test equipment, and they sink computers from floating laboratories into the sea.
They always wait to be arrested. In hundreds of court cases, they have justified their actions as "preventing the greater crime" – nuclear war. Some have resulted in groundbreaking acquittals.
Stage
finished
Running time
59 or 25 minutes
Links
Official Website
The Loch Long Monster Official Website
Credits
Ben Kempas
... Director, Co-Director of Photography
Eddie Schneidermeier
... Director of Photography
Eva Stotz
... Sound Recordist, Assistant Editor
Andrea Ferrando
... Sound Recordist
Jim Loomis
... Sound Recordist
Jo Jackson
... Sound Recordist
Stan Blackley
... Narrator, Production Assistant
Lara Celini
... Production Assistant
Gerhard Auer
... Sound Mix
Gerd Ruge
... Producer for HFF Munich
Irini Karistianou
... Producer for HFF Munich
Uwe Lothar Müller
... Commissioning Editor for ARTE Reportage
Production Details
Prod. Co.
HFF München/expressive.tv (59'), ARTE/expressive.tv (25')
Country
Germany
Production years
2000 to 2002
Locations
Faslane, Coulport, Helensburgh, Edinburgh, Glasgow (all in Scotland)
Distribution Details
Release year
2001
Festivals
Dok.Fest Munich, Cinemambiente Turin, D.C. Independent Film Festival, Hazel Wolf Environmental Film Festival Seattle, further screenings in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Munich, Salzburg
Awards
Three protagonists received the Right Livelihood Award (better known as "Alternative Nobel Prize") in 2001.
Broadcast (Prod.)
ARTE G.E.I.E (reportage version)
Broadcast (Acq.)
YLE Finland
Language
English with narration in English, German, or French
Subtitles
German
Overview
Genre
Current Affairs, Environment, Human Rights, and PoliticsSynopsis
"People come to Scotland to see the Loch Ness Monster," says the hotel owner on the west coast, "but the real monster is at my doorstep." He is referring to the British Trident nuclear submarines and their deadly nuclear missiles.
The peace movement has protested and petitioned for decades, but does not ever seem to get very far using these methods alone. The new option, according to activists from 'Trident Ploughshares', is "people's disarmament".
Any method used to "disarm" Trident is acceptable, as long as it does not endanger or harm anybody. Members of the 'Ploughshares' cut the fences of the submarine bases, they swim up to the submarines to dismantle test equipment, and they sink computers from floating laboratories into the sea.
They always wait to be arrested. In hundreds of court cases, they have justified their actions as "preventing the greater crime" – nuclear war. Some have resulted in groundbreaking acquittals.