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A Point of View: Lessons from Disaster Movies

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Lessons from Disaster Movies

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AL Kennedy finds echoes of the disaster movies of the 70s in our current state of affairs.

AL Kennedy finds echoes of the disaster movies of her childhood in our current state of affairs.

AL Kennedy finds echoes of the movies of her childhood in our current state of affairs.  

"Jaws, like many disaster and horror movies contain the core lesson - whenever there's a problem, greedy people will ignore it - corporations, local authorities, politicians, contractors - people who love money more than, well, people.'

Producer: Sheila Cook
Sound engineer: Peter Bosher 
Production Coordinator: Helena Warwick-Cross
Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith

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