Humphrey Jennings CB

by Keith Beattie

Humphrey Jennings has been described as the only real poet that British cinema has produced. His documentary films are remarkable records of Britain at peace and war, and his range of representational approaches transcended accepted notions of wartime propaganda and revised the strict codes of British documentary film of the 1930s and 1940s. Poet, propagandist, surrealist and documentary filmmaker - Jennings' work embodies an outstanding mix of startling...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719078555
• ISBN13: 9780719078552
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.6"