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LEN PHELAN reports on a new film venture showcasing progressive cinema at this year's Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival

This summer's Tolpuddle Martyrs festival in July will see the launch of a unique initiative in encouraging and promoting radical film in Britain.

Filmmakers from this country and around the world are being invited to enter their work at the inaugural Tolpuddle Radical Film Festival.

Its organisers have just announced an exciting new competition, the Small Axe award for radical short film with categories for student and activist films.

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