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    Pride of Place

    Kim Longinotto 1976 Enland Documentary b/w 59min English 16mm
    This documentary, lasting for nearly one hour, observes the UK system of boarding schools through the perspective of a group of young girls. It completely presents the viewpoints of students, teachers, and parents. Beside the thorough exploration of various kinds of phenomena. It is also produced in a cute and humorous way and was finished after several months of tight shooting by only two people, Dorothea Gazidis and Kim Longinotto. In this documentary, we can take a look at Longinotto’s style in her earlier works. It also entered lots of film festivals such as those in Edinburgh London, and Sydney the year when it was released.

    Director

    Kim Longinotto

    Kim Longinotto studied camera and directing at England's National Film School. In 1986, Longinotto formed the production company Twentieth Century Vixen with Claire Hunt. Together they made Fireraiser, a look at the bombing of Dresden; Eat the Kimono, about the controversial Japanese feminist performer Hanayagi Genshu; Hidden Faces, the internationally acclaimed, collaborative documentary with/about Egyptian women; and The Good Wife of Tokyo in which they examine women, love and marriage in Japanese society.

    Kim Longinotto

    2005 Sister in Law

    2002 Day I Will Never Forget

    2000 Gaea Girls

    1998 Divorce Iranian Style

    1996 Rock Wives(ㄒV)

    1995 Shinjuku Boys

    1994 Dream Girls

    1992 Good Wife of Tokyo

    1990 Hidden Faces

    1989 Eat the Kimono

    1982 Underage

    1976 Pride of Place

    1975 Theatre Girls

    Director/ Editors/ Sd/ Dorothea Gazidis and

    Photography/ Assistant Editor/ Kim Longinotto

    Print Source: National Film and Television School Hemant Sharda

    Tel: +44(0)1494 731452

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    Email: festivals@nftsfilm-tv.ac.uk

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