Struggling to defend themselves in the longest trial in English history, Helen Steel and Dave Morris face infiltration by spies, secret meetings with corporate executives, 40,000 pages of background reading and a visit from Ronald McDonald. Using interviews with witnesses and reconstructions of key moments in court, the film examines the main issues in the trial; nutrition, animals, advertising, employment, the environment and the implications for freedom of speech.
"Struggling to defend themselves in the longest trial in English history, Helen Steel and Dave Morris face infiltration by spies, secret meetings with corporate executives, 40,000 pages of background reading and a visit from Ronald McDonald. Using interviews with witnesses and reconstructions of key moments in court, the film examines the main issues in the trial; nutrition, animals, advertising, employment, the environment and the implications for freedom of speech."@en
""Struggling to defend themselves in the longest trial in English history, they [Helen Steel and Dave Morris] face infiltration by spies, secret meetings with corporate executives, 40,000 pages of background reading and a visit from Ronald McDonald"--Container."
""Struggling to defend themselves in the longest trial in English history, they [Helen Steel and Dave Morris] face infiltration by spies, secret meetings with corporate executives, 40,000 pages of background reading and a visit from Ronald McDonald."--Container."@en
""Struggling to defend themselves in the longest trial in English history, they [Helen Steel and Dave Morris] face infiltration by spies, secret meetings with corporate executives, 40,000 pages of background reading and a visit from Ronald McDonald."--Container."
"A documentary about the libel case mounted by McDonald's against two environmentalists, Helen Steel and Dave Morris, who had been campaigning against the company."
"A documentary about the libel case mounted by McDonald's against two environmentalists, Helen Steel and Dave Morris, who had been campaigning against the company."@en
"This video shows how two social activists, Helen Steel and Dave Morris, fought the large corporation, McDonald's, for the sake of free speech. Shows how multinationals regularly use the threat of legal action to gag any criticism of their actions. Shows how difficult it is for ordinary citizens to protest against large organisations when legal fees and greedy lawyers make justice the preserve of the wealthy only."
"The inside story of the longest trial in British history, the McLibel case, in which fast-food giant McDonald's sued two British activists over their distribution of defamatory leaflets."@en
"Helen Steel and Dave Morris struggle to defend themselves in a trial over a libel lawsuit filed against them by the McDonalds Corporation in Great Britain. The main issues in the trial--nutrition, animals, advertising, employment, the environment, and finally the implications for freedom of speech--point up the power of multinational corporations."@en
"Looks at the libel case mounted by food chain McDonald's against two social activists, David Morris and Helen Steel, who had campaigned against the company. Shows how multinationals regularly use the threat of legal action to gag any criticism of their actions."@en
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