W.H. Auden
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Chris & Don: A Love Story
2007-06-13
Chris & Don: A Love Story
Overview: Chris & Don chronicles the lifelong relationship between author Christopher Isherwood and his much younger lover, artist Don Bachardy, and it combines present-day interviews, archival footage shot by the couple from the 1950s, excerpts from Isherwood's diaries, and playful animations to recount their romance.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-06-13
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Coal Face
1935-06-03
Coal Face
Overview: 1935 documentary about the hard working life of Welsh coal miners.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-06-03
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Galaxie
1966-09-03
Galaxie
Overview: In March and April of 1966, Markopoulos created this filmic portrait of writers and artists from his New York circle, including Parker Tyler, W. H. Auden, Jasper Johns, Susan Sontag, Storm De Hirsch, Jonas Mekas, Allen Ginsberg, and George and Mike Kuchar, most observed in their homes or studios. Filmed in vibrant color, Galaxie pulses with life. It is a masterpiece of in-camera composition and editing, and stands as a vibrant response to Andy Warhol's contemporary Screen Tests. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2001.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-09-03
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The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography
2017-06-30
The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography
Overview: Portrait photographer Elsa Dorfman found her medium in 1980: the larger-than-life Polaroid Land 20x24 camera. For the next thirty-five years, she captured the “surfaces” of those who visited her studio: families, Beat poets, rock stars, and Harvard notables. As pictures begin to fade and her retirement looms, Dorfman gives Errol Morris an inside tour of her backyard archive.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-06-30
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Runner
1962-01-01
Runner
Overview: Young long-distance runner Bruce Kidd practices and competes.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-01-01
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The Glorious Sixth of June
1934-08-04
The Glorious Sixth of June
Overview: How news of a general reduction in GPO charges was finally brought to parliament and the people, despite attempts by the country's enemies to prevent the announcement...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-08-04
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Stop All the Clocks: W.H. Auden in an Age of Anxiety
2017-09-30
Stop All the Clocks: W.H. Auden in an Age of Anxiety
Overview: Thirty years after his BBC film The Auden Landscape, director Adam Low returns to the poet and his work. Following surges of popularity - from featuring in Four Weddings And A Funeral to being the poet New Yorkers turned to after 9/11 - Low reveals how Auden’s poetry helps us to better understand the 21st century and the tumultuous political climate in which we now live.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-09-30
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