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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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Under the Skin: Analysis of Film Form, Narrative and Ideology

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Spike Lee on Do The Right Thing's legacy

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Under the Skin - BFI review

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Hartismere Family of Schools Art Exhibition - Somerleyton Hall

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Year 5 Open afternoons

Design and Technology: Literacy

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National Apprenticeship Week 2024

Summer 2024 Results

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