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Released
2013 · FILM

Grasp the Nettle

If you want to change the world you have to get your hands dirty

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Runtime
91 min
AdventureDocumentaryHistory

Synopsis

Grasp the Nettle follows the exploits of a ragtag band of land rights activists in London as they struggle against corporations, government, police - and themselves - in their efforts to create alternative communities outside the framework of consumer society. When an eco-village pops up on a piece of disused land in West London , film-maker Dean Puckett (The Crisis of Civilization) gives up everything - his flat, job and normal life - to live among its eclectic inhabitants in an effort to understand what makes them tick.

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Principal cast & crew: 5

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Craft leads on file

Edited by Paco SweetmanScored by Lee Bruce

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