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20080617

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.

Simon Hoggart recalls Free Cinema, documentaries shown at the NFT between 1956 and 1959.

2008061720081019 (R4)

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.

Simon Hoggart recalls Free Cinema, documentaries shown at the NFT between 1956 and 1959.