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Free Cinema
Simon Hoggart recalls Free Cinema, a series of six short documentary films shown at the National Film Theatre between 1956 and 1959.
Simon Hoggart recalls Free Cinema, a series of six short documentary films shown at the National Film Theatre between 1956 and 1959. Their informal style, energy and focus on the real lives of working-class people paved the way for the emergence of British New Wave cinema and the many great realist films that have followed.
Last on
Sun 19 Oct 200813:30
BBC Radio 4
Broadcasts
- Tue 17 Jun 200811:30BBC Radio 4
- Sun 19 Oct 200813:30BBC Radio 4
