Mud and Water Man

Synopsis

The life of the English potter, Michael Cardew, told in his own words. Begins with his work in England in the 1920s and 1930s, then moves to West Africa where for the next thirty years he undertook a series of unique projects that attempted to give the surviving traditions of African pottery a viable 20th-century form.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Film; Film. 16mm. sd. col. 50 min.

Technical information

Black-and-white / Sound

Year of production

1973

Availability

Hire

Uses

Courses on ceramic technology; useful in sociological or anthropological context; archaeology second-year courses.*

Keywords

Cardew, Michael; pottery

Credits

Director

Alister Hallum

Producer

Alister Hallum

Contributor

Alister Hallum; Jim O’Farrel; John Bulmer; Peter Barber; Robert Bentley

Distribution Formats

Type

Film

Format

16mm

Sponsor

Name

Arts Council of Great Britain

Phone

020 7973 6455

Fax

020 7973 6581

Address

London
SW1P 3NG

Distributor

Name

Arts on Film Archive, University of Westminster

Notes

Arts on Film Archive offers on-line access to a large range of films on art produced in the United Kingdom since the 1950s, and is a unique record of British and international post-war art, as well as of documentary film-making in the UK. In its first phase, the archive offers a complete database and an on-line video streaming of all 450 films made by the film department of Arts Council England between 1953 and 1998 and several films produced till 2003 by the dance Department of ACE. The collection is only available streamed to ac.uk domain addresses.