June 26: Five years ago today

Franny Armstrong
Location
Edit room in the office, 11.45pm
Mood
Frazzled satisfaction
Date
26.06.07

It's exactly five years to the day - possibly to the hour - that we thought of the idea for the film, so strikes me as a delightfully auspicious moment to go public about our little project.

McLibel hits the cinema nine years later

Franny Armstrong
Location
BBC Broadcasting House
Mood
School reunion
Date
15.02.06

Interviews all day for McLibel UK cinema release. Been signed up by very sweet distributors who are acting like it's the first ever screening. Helen, Dave and me are all jaded - has been nine yeas since our first ever screening, after all - but trying to be enthusiastic. Revelation (the distributors) seem to have got tonnes of press interest - press preview the other day was packed and none of the journos left till the end, which is apparently the best you can hope for.

Can't ignore Nigeria

Franny Armstrong
Location
Healthy Eating Cafe in Camden
Mood
Preparing for long battle ahead
Date
11.10.05

Two good thoughts from "The End of Oil" conference today. 1. The problem is: how do we market austerity?