Britain Through a Lens & Humphrey Jennings
DOCUMENTARIES
Director: Chris Durlacher.
United Kingdom, 2011.
80 mins. English
BRITAIN THROUGH A LENS (60 mins):
The unlikely story of how, between 1929 and 1945, a group of tweed-wearing radicals and pin-striped bureaucrats created the most influential movement in the history of British film. They were the British Documentary Movement and they gave Britons a taste for watching films about real life.
HUMPHREY JENNINGS (20 mins):
A lovingly restored selection of early films by the renowned British documentarian and visual poet.
The unlikely story of how, between 1929 and 1945, a group of tweed-wearing radicals and pin-striped bureaucrats created the most influential movement in the history of British film. They were the British Documentary Movement and they gave Britons a taste for watching films about real life.
HUMPHREY JENNINGS (20 mins):
A lovingly restored selection of early films by the renowned British documentarian and visual poet.
Screenings
Arts Picturehouse
Saturday 17 September, 6:00PM
Reviews
Britain Through a Lens & Humphrey Jennings by Take One
18 Sep 2011
The bonus of screening a BBC documentary is that before the film even begins...
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