Videos and Documentaries
Before moving to the USA, Harding co-founded and managed the environmental and social justice production company Undercurrents (news). During his time at the company Underurrents won awards at Okomedia, Tokyo Video Festival, Paris Environmental Film Festival, London Environment Film Festival, among others, and it became known for covering stories not covered by others news organizations. Undercurrents became part of the DIY culture and general protest upswing in the 1990s. and was the inspiration for an entire generation of committed video journalists.
He and his wife were joint CEOs and co-founders of Oxford Channel one of the first local terrestrial television stations in the UK. It was purchased by Milestone Group in 2001 but is no longer operational. During this time Harding founded Local Television Training that trained over three hundred young disadvantaged people from Oxford and surrounding areas in broadcast journalism. Many of these graduated and work currently in UK television. He also co-founded Tom, Dick and Debbie Productions, a local television advertising company.
Harding is credited with coining the phrase "video activism."
While in the USA, he co-founded the American Conservation Film Festival (ACFF), in partnership with the National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, WVa.
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