British documentary movement

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:film
gptkbp:activePeriod	1930s
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:focus	social issues public information working class life
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	British documentary movement
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Dziga_Vertov gptkb:Soviet_montage_theory
gptkbp:legacy	influenced Free Cinema movement influenced postwar documentary filmmaking
gptkbp:method	voice-over narration location shooting montage editing use of non-actors
gptkbp:notableFigure	gptkb:Alberto_Cavalcanti gptkb:Basil_Wright gptkb:John_Grierson gptkb:Humphrey_Jennings gptkb:Paul_Rotha gptkb:Harry_Watt gptkb:Edgar_Anstey
gptkbp:notableWork	gptkb:Listen_to_Britain gptkb:Drifters gptkb:Night_Mail gptkb:Coal_Face Housing Problems
gptkbp:organization	gptkb:Crown_Film_Unit gptkb:GPO_Film_Unit gptkb:Empire_Marketing_Board_Film_Unit
gptkbp:purpose	gptkb:propaganda educate public promote social reform
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Free_Cinema documentary British cinema
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Paul_Rotha
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6