THE PLAN THAT CAME FROM THE BOTTOM UP PART 2

By Steve SPRUNG

BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL - as FEST

unknown - Completed 2018

A plan to avoid job losses at a factory in 1976 becomes
the starting point for an incisive account of our current
and future economic situation.

    • Year of production
    • 2018
    • Genres
    • unknown
    • Countries
    • UNITED KINGDOM, PORTUGAL
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 212 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Steve SPRUNG
    • Writer(s)
    • Steve SPRUNG
    • Producer(s)
    • Luis CORREIA, Sylvia STEVENS
    • Synopsis
    • ‘It’s an insult to our skills and intelligence that we can
      produce a Concorde and not enough powerful heaters for all those old-age pensioners who are dying in the cold.’ A worker at Lucas Aerospace eloquently sums up the core problem of contemporary Western society – one that caters to the interests of a wealthy few. He’s on
      of the designers of the ambitious strategy proposed
      by the workforce to shift their company’s assets to
      manufacture socially-useful products, which was ultimately undermined by both the government and corporate interests. Director Steve Sprung brilliantly draws their story into the present, delivering it with great intelligence, clarity and civic commitment. The Plan that came from the bottom up is a gripping essay, reflecting on the dark consequences of capitalism on society and proposing an encouraging alternative for a troubling present. Ana David