Learning on ScreenEvery Day Except Christmas
- Synopsis
- A personal view of Covent Garden market from midnight to mid-day, Director Lindsay Anderson’s describes the film as ‘a lyrical documentary’ - an attempt to bring poetry and humanity back into documentary film-making, and to break with the technical-informational-travelogue tradition that had made documentary synonymous with dullness and conformity.
- Series
- Free Cinema
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Film; Film. 16mm. b&w. 40 min.
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Sound
- Year of production
- 1957
- Availability
- Hire
- Notes
- Also available on video together with WE ARE THE LAMBETH BOYS and THE SATURDAY MEN, under the compilation title FREE CINEMA.
- Subjects
- Media studies; Sociology
- Keywords
- Covent Garden market; documentary films; local history; retail markets
Credits
- Director
- Lindsay Anderson
- Producer
- Karel Reisz; Leon Clore
- Writer
- Lindsay Anderson
- Cast
Alun Owen
Distribution Formats
- Type
- Film
- Format
- 16mm
Production Company
- Name
Graphic Films
Distributor
- Name
BFI Film Bookings Unit
- bookings.films@bfi.org.uk
- Web
- http://www.bfi.org.uk/about-bfi/help-faq/film-bookings External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7957 8938 / 8935
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN
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