PICTURING A NATION IN WARTIME: THE FILMS OF HUMPHREY JENNINGS

For series description, see notes for Friday, November 23.Directed by Kevin Macdonald, whose ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER won the Best Documentary Oscar in 2000, THE MAN WHO LISTENED TO BRITAIN includes interviews with filmmakers Lord Richard Attenborough and Mike Leigh, as well as with Jennings’s daughter, Mary-Lou Legg. Featuring testimony from those who worked with Jennings, the film reclaims his rightful place in British cinema.

This documentary is available on DVD from MovieMail (www.moviemail-online.co.uk).

Preceded by:

Humphrey Jennings

LISTEN TO BRITAIN

1942, 20 minutes, 35mm. Co-directed by Stewart McAllister.

See notes for PROGRAM 1.