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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.

30 minutes

Last on

Sun 19 Oct 2008 13:30

Broadcasts

  • Tue 17 Jun 2008 11:30
  • Sun 19 Oct 2008 13:30