Antonia Bird: From EastEnders to Hollywood
Synopsis
The film explores her battles to break down the barriers against her gender and her politics, to get her voice heard, and to bring a radical edge to popular drama.
It reveals the secrets of her greatest work - Safe, Priest, Face, Ravenous, Care, The Hamburg Cell - through the testimony of her closest friends and collaborators, including Robert Carlyle, Mark Cousins, Kate Hardie, Irvine Welsh and Steven Mackintosh.
Details
- Year
- 2016
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 93 mins
- Format
- digital
- Director
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Susan Kemp 1st Feature
- Producer
- Mary Bell, Adam Dawtrey
- Executive Producer
- Mark Cousins
- Editor
- Susan Kemp
- Director of Photography
- Susan Kemp
- Composer
- This Mortal Coil, Billy Bragg, John Metcalfe, Adrian Corker, Malcolm Middleton
- Principal cast
- Robert Carlyle, Kate Hardie, Mark Cousins, Steven Mackintosh
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Bofa Productions Limited, Migma Film AB
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