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A BFI-produced documentary about documentary filmmaker John Grierson speaking about documentary.

Released

1959-10-01
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n/a
Budget

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Runtime

15mins
Genre

Documentary
Status

Released
Language

English
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Production

BFI

Crew

Hazel Wilkinson

Director

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short film

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