The camera is ours: Britain's women documentary makers [videorecording]
2022
Videos and DVDs
Documentary telling the stories of some of the key female pioneers of British documentary making. A selection of their films made between 1935 and 1967 are included in this collection: 'Beside the Seaside' (1935), 'Behind the Scenes' (1938), 'They Also Serve' (1940), '4 and 20 Fit Girls' (1940), 'The English Inn' (1941), 'Birth-Day' (1945), 'Homes for the People' (1945), 'Children of the Ruins' (1948), 'The Troubled Mind' (1954) and 'Something Nice to Eat' (1967). The documentary 'Independent Miss Craigie' (2020) directed by Lizzie Thynne is also included, exploring Jill Craigie's struggles to get her films made in the 1940s and '50s.
Main title:
The camera is ours: Britain's women documentary makers [videorecording] / producer, Lizzie Thynne.
Author:
Grierson, Marion, directorSpice, Evelyn, directorGrierson, Ruby, directorField, Mary, directorBox, Muriel, directorCooper, Brigid, directorBeales, Mary, directorMander, Kay, directorCraigie, Jill, directorThomson, Margaret, directorErulkar, Sarah, directorThynne, Lizzie, directorLongcake, James, composer (expression)
Imprint:
[United Kingdom] : BFI, 2022.
Collation:
2 DVDs (157 min.) : colour & black and white
Notes:
Region 0, 2 disc(s), Interactive menus, Languages (English), Booklet.Made in 1967.DVDN.
Credits:
Credits: director, Marion Grierson; director, Evelyn Spice; director, Ruby Grierson; director, Mary Field; director, Muriel Box; director, Brigid Cooper; director, Mary Beales; director, Kay Mander; director, Jill Craigie; director, Margaret Thomson; director, Sarah Erulkar; director, Lizzie Thynne; music, James Longcake; cinematographer, Pascale Neuschäfer; cinematographer, Malgorzata Maria Pronko.
Audience:
BBFC code: PG.
System details:
DVD.
Dewey class:
070.18
Language:
English
BRN:
2540308
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