Free Cinema movement (UK) and its documentaries, 1956–1961

1. ‘O Dreamland’ completes as early Free Cinema model

   Jan 1, 1953Labels: Lindsay Anderson, O Dreamland

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2. First Free Cinema screening at the National Film Theatre

   Feb 5, 1956Labels: National Film, Free Cinema

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3. ‘Momma Don’t Allow’ captures youth jazz-club culture

   Feb 5, 1956Labels: Momma Don, Karel Reisz

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4. ‘Together’ brings an East End city-symphony approach

   Feb 5, 1956Labels: Together, Lorenza Mazzetti

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5. Second Free Cinema programme expands beyond Britain

   Sep 9, 1956Labels: Lionel Rogosin, On the

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6. Third programme ‘Look at Britain!’ centers work and place

   May 25, 1957Labels: Look at, Every Day

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7. ‘Every Day Except Christmas’ documents Covent Garden labor

   May 25, 1957Labels: Every Day, Covent Garden

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8. ‘Nice Time’ shows London nightlife without narration

   May 25, 1957Labels: Nice Time, Claude Goretta

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9. Fourth programme spotlights Polish ‘Black Series’ documentaries

   Sep 3, 1958Labels: Polish Black, Free Cinema

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10. Fifth programme previews the emerging French New Wave

    Sep 7, 1958Labels: French New, Truffaut

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11. ‘We Are the Lambeth Boys’ films working-class teenagers’ voices

    Mar 18, 1959Labels: We Are, Karel Reisz

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12. ‘Enginemen’ documents rail workers amid diesel transition

    Mar 18, 1959Labels: Enginemen, Michael Grigsby

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13. Free Cinema’s final NFT programme closes the series

    Mar 22, 1959Labels: Free Cinema, National Film

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14. ‘Terminus’ carries Free Cinema methods into early 1960s

    Jan 1, 1961Labels: Terminus, John Schlesinger

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