Learning on ScreenNews from Nowhere
- Synopsis
- William Morris’s ‘News from Nowhere’ is one of the best-remembered Victorian Utopian novels. It indicts the brutalization and wastefulness of Victorian industrialism, and envisions the world as it might be. This dramatised reading introduces the life, work and ideas of William Morris.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 90 min.
- Year of production
- 1990
- Availability
- Sale; 1996 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)
- Uses
- Students, teachers, artists and anyone who is approaching 19th-century political history or the Pre-Raphaelites for the first time.
- Subjects
- English language and literature; History
- Keywords
- biographies; Morris, William; novelists; Pre-Raphaelites
Credits
- Director
- Trevor A Scott
- Producer
- Michael Orrom
- Cast
Barry O’Rorke John Scholes Kathryn Caden Ros Hector
Production Company
- Name
University of London Audio-Visual Centre
- Notes
- Closed down.
Distributor
- Name
Learning on Screen - the British Universities and Colleges Film and Video Council
- services@bufvc.ac.uk
- Web
- http://bufvc.ac.uk External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 3743 2345
- Address
- York House
221 Pentonville Road
London
N1 9UZ - Notes
- The Learning on Screen distribution library is currently only available in part. Please contact us with any individual queries. The two series of InterUniversity History Film Consortium films which make extensive use of archive footage been digitised for free, online viewing by UK HE institutions - see Learning on Screen InterUniversity History Film Consortium Films (qv).
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