Name: British Sounds
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1970-05-21
Duration: 52 min
Rating: 5.1

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Jean-Luc Godard brings his firebrand political cinema to the UK, exploring the revolutionary signals in late '60s British society. Constructed as a montage of various disconnected political acts (in line with Godard's then appropriation of Soviet director Dziga Vertov's agitprop techniques), it combines a diverse range of footage, from students discussing The Beatles to the production line at the MG factory in Oxfordshire, burnished with onscreen political sloganeering.

Theatrical

May 21, 1970

Directors

Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Henri Roger

Producers

Irving Teitelbaum, Kenith Trodd

Studio

LWT, Kestrel Films, Groupe Dziga Vertov

Keywords

socialism feminism social commentary british politics car factory contemplative cinema assembly line agit-prop