Antonia Bird: From EastEnders to Hollywood backdrop
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Antonia Bird: From EastEnders to Hollywood
8.0
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1h 33m
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2016
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Released
Overview
In this new documentary, Susan Kemp explores the life and work of the great British director Antonia Bird, who died in 2013. Bird blazed a trail from the radical hotbed of the Royal Court Theatre in the 70s, via the groundbreaking early days of EastEnders and Casualty in the 80s, all the way to Hollywood in the 90s and back again. She always had something urgent to say, but her career was a long struggle to get her voice heard. Featuring many of her close collaborators, including Robert Carlyle, Irvine Welsh, Kate Hardie and Mark Cousins, this documentary is the first to examine Bird’s legacy, and to place her where she belongs – among the most important British film, TV and theatre directors of her era.

Cast
Antonia Bird poster
Antonia Bird
Self (archive footage)
Kate Hardie poster
Kate Hardie
Self
Robert Carlyle poster
Robert Carlyle
Self
Mark Cousins poster
Mark Cousins
Self
Irvine Welsh poster
Irvine Welsh
Self
Steven Mackintosh poster
Steven Mackintosh
Self
Anita Dobson poster
Anita Dobson
Self
Finola Dwyer poster
Finola Dwyer
Self
Pippa Harris poster
Pippa Harris
Self
Florian Hoffmeister poster
Florian Hoffmeister
Self
David M. Thompson poster
David M. Thompson
Self
Andy Roberts poster
Andy Roberts
Self
Jonathan Powell poster
Jonathan Powell
Self
Paul Unwin poster
Paul Unwin
Self
Susan Wilkins poster
Susan Wilkins
Self
Caroline Oulton poster
Caroline Oulton
Self
George Faber poster
George Faber
Self
Paul Tripp poster
Paul Tripp
Self
Ronan Bennett poster
Ronan Bennett
Self
Mark Gill poster
Mark Gill
Self

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