British Social Realism
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British Social Realism

From Documentary to Brit Grit

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eBook - ePub

British Social Realism

From Documentary to Brit Grit

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British Social Realism details and explores the rich tradition of social realism in British cinema from its beginnings in the documentary movement of the 1930s to its more stylistically eclectic and generically hybrid contemporary forms. Samantha Lay examines the movements, moments and cycles of British social realist texts through a detailed consideration of practice, politics, form, style and content, using case studies of key texts including Listen to Britain, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, Letter to Brezhnev, and Nil by Mouth. In discussing the work of many prominent realist filmmakers, the book considers the challenges for social realist film practice and production in Britain, now and in the future.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Series Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. list of illustrations
  7. acknowledgements
  8. introduction
  9. 1. social realism in the british context
  10. 2. critics, audiences, quality
  11. 3. the documentary movement and social realism
  12. 4. 1950s and 1960s: social problems and kitchen sinks
  13. 5. 1970s and 1980s: towards a social art cinema
  14. 6. 1990s and beyond: contemporary social realism
  15. conclusion
  16. notes
  17. filmography
  18. bibliography