12 STONE 4

From the beginning of the Industrial Revolution and Arkwright's theft of the idea for the water loom, through the Capitalist Utopian dreams of the 1960's, to 1980's greed and Monetarist individualism.

First full length upload of one version of the 16mm film.

'12 STONE 4' is a history of men and revolution in England.

It is a comedy.

Made by Christopher Saunders and Brendan Byrne in the 1980's.

Using hybrid film techniques and borrowing from Situationist détournement, the film looks at the lack of progress in what Chris Saunders was later to term "the new dark ages".