CONTROVERSIAL BRENTFORD F.C. DOCUMENTARY OUT ON VIDEO

Documentary tracking football supporters foray into local politics now available for sale

Adrian Goldberg

Narrated and co-produced by BBC journalist Adrian Goldberg, the fly-on-the-wall film charts the highs and lows of the ABeeC Campaign which was formed and largely funded by BIAS to contest the 2002 local authority elections in Hounslow.

The campaign made history by becoming the first football supporters group to have a Councillor elected, standing solely on the future of their local club.

Luke Kirton was elected to serve Brentford Ward, normally a bastion of the ruling Labour Group, after a tense 3am recount.

The film caused controversy following accusations that it was effectively banned from being shown at The Watermans Art Centre earlier this month. Goldberg claims that he had reached an initial agreement for the film to be shown at the Watermans, this decision was later reversed amid claims that political sensibilities to the ruling Labour Group, who determine the level of grants to the Arts Centre, lay at the core of the problem.

The film was eventually shown to a packed audience in the hastily rearranged Princess Royal Public House on Sunday 6 October. The film is 30 minutes long and copies of the film are available for just £6.

The video is made by Adrian Goldberg's Independent film company, Argy-Bhaji Productions

BIAS will also be sending copies of the video, free of charge, to various media organisations to draw attention to the issues affecting the football club. As a result the price of the videos is being kept as low as possible and is being subsidised by BIAS.

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