Antonia Bird: From EastEnders to Hollywood

2016 1 hour 33 minutes
70/100

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In this new documentary, Susan Kemp explores the life and work of the great British director Antonia Bird, who died in 2013. Bird blazed a trail from the radical hotbed of the Royal Court Theatre in the 70s, via the groundbreaking early days of EastEnders and Casualty in the 80s, all the way to Hollywood in the 90s and back again. She always had something urgent to say, but her career was a long struggle to get her voice heard. Featuring many of her close collaborators, including Robert Carlyle, Irvine Welsh, Kate Hardie and Mark Cousins, this documentary is the first to examine Bird’s legacy, and to place her where she belongs – among the most important British film, TV and theatre directors of her era.

Released

12th May 2016

10 years ago

Runtime

1 hour 33 minutes

Finishes at 6:59pm

Ratings and awards

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    7/10

  • TMDb Logo

    70%

  • FilmFlow Logo

    70%

Directed by

Susan Kemp

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