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Documenting Women's Rites: An Interview with Filmmaker Kim Longinotto


It's difficult to get too far along in a discussion about British documentaries without Kim Longinotto's name coming up. Over the last 20 years she has built a unique body of work, and is much

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Kim Longinotto On Fostering Intimacy With Her Subjects and Giving a Voice to Women’s Stories in Dreamcatcher

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Understanding Fallen Angels - To be a Lost Soul

Filmmakers Quotes Quiz | Film

The importance of scene transitions

Why Are Wong Kar-Wei Films so Dreamy?

Spike Lee on Do The Right Thing's legacy

Film Studies: editing

Sarah Polley Talks 'Stories We Tell'

Mastering the Movie Colour Palette: del Toro

Documentary Cinema

How to analyse sound in films

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Teacher of Mathematics (possibility to combine with a head of year post)

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Teacher of History (possibility to combine with a head of year role)

BACK TO THE FUTURE, the musical. Thursday 5th June 2025. Years 7 to 10.

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Teacher of Science

Teacher of Mathematics (with specific year group responsibilities for key stage 5)

Teacher of Science (possibility to combine with a head of year post)

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