Labor News Production - South Korea

Their main focus is to communicate information and analysis of labor issues to workers and union activists through the use of video. LNP is an ‘alternative media' source and alternative distribution system in a country where the government very closely controls the mass media. Their productions use a variety of styles including cinema verite, reportage, animation and music video. LNP also has a video production training programme for workers and other non-professionals. Labor News video editions include 6 regular columns or sections. LNP has produced 30 stand-alone features or documentaries. They have also recorded all the main events - conferences, meetings, demonstrations, strikes, etc. - throughout the Korean Labor movement.

Rights, education, political development.

LNP strives to create a sense of common purpose amongst relatively diverse unions. Unions sought an independent visual medium(video) that stood in counterpoint to the commercial and government controlled news agencies that were distorting the unions' message to the broader public and even their own membership. Also, union leaders understood the power of the moving image to promote the exchange of information and spark discussions in their educational activities. The decision to move from film to video also allowed LNP's images to be easily reproduced for dissemination in a wide variety of venues (ie: public halls, private homes).