Free Cinema
GETTY CENTER
Harold M. Williams Auditorium
In 1956, the screening of three groundbreaking documentaries in London sparked a new movement, which came to be called Free Cinema. These films, like the artists of the London Calling exhibition, eschewed prevailing trends to focus instead on people and the significance of everyday life. From signs of the rapidly changing social landscape, to the crumbling sites of a city recovering from war, these films reveal the complex textures and realities of 1950s Britain.
