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Watch: An alter­na­tive his­to­ry of British cin­e­ma in 10 films

27 Aug 2019

Words by Luís Azevedo

Two individuals locked in a passionate embrace, one wearing a dark costume and the other dressed in a lighter outfit.
Two individuals locked in a passionate embrace, one wearing a dark costume and the other dressed in a lighter outfit.
Less­er-known works that broke the mould, from Ken­neth Macpherson’s Bor­der­line to Sal­ly Potter’s Orlando.

In the lat­est issue of Lit­tle White Lies mag­a­zine, we’ve sur­veyed more than 100 years of British film his­to­ry and picked out 100 extra­or­di­nary, less­er-known works which have in some way shaped our cin­e­mat­ic culture.

Front and cen­tre in these films, we found themes rang­ing from the com­plex por­tray­al of race rela­tions in the 1920s to rev­o­lu­tion­ary sex­u­al over­tones in the ​’60s and beyond.

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The below video essay by Luís Azeve­do high­lights 10 mould-break­ing British films, and there’s 90 more to dis­cov­er in LWLies 80, which is on sale now.

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