Movies: Mike Dibb

Edward Said, Professor of English & Comparative Literature at Columbia University, was a prominent literary critic of the late 20th century and a leading spokesperson for the Palestinian cause in the US. Born to a Palestinian family in Al-Quds (Jerus...

Stephen Frears and a quartet of film industry notables - representing different cinematic periods - drink tea and discuss ups and downs of British cinema....

Film Essay based on “And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief As Photos” by John Berger....

Short film, going behind-the-scenes of shooting for One Plus One (1968) in London, featuring an interview with Godard sitting beside a tree. Many crew members from this shoot were then borrowed by him, playing the press in the film's Eve Democracy se...

Appalachian Journey is one of five films made from footage that Alan Lomax shot between 1978 and 1985 for the PBS American Patchwork series (1991). It offers songs, dances, stories, and religious rituals of the Southern Appalachians. Preachers, sing...

Art, politics and motorcycles - on the occasion of his 90th birthday John Berger or the Art of Looking is an intimate portrait of the writer and art critic whose ground-breaking work on seeing has shaped our understanding of the concept for over five...

This British documentary shows the complex layers of legendary jazz trumpeter Miles Davis, who was a major innovator in post-bop, cool jazz, hard-bop and fusion. Davis's raw-edged trumpet tones were some of the most evocative sounds ever heard. This ...

Recording of the actor in conversation with Joan Bakewell at the National Film Theatre, London....

An interview with film director Roman Polanski, recorded for BBC TV in 1967....

Actor Rex Harrison talks entertainingly about his long stage and screen career with David Lewin and members of the audience of the National Film Theatre....

“Parting Shots from Animals” was inspired by essays by John Berger and developed in collaboration with Chris Rawlence. Shot entirely in the UK, it consists of a diverse series of arresting ‘films within a film’, each presented as if made about us fro...

Talking with Michael Parkinson and members of the audience at the National Film Theatre, London. An informal discussion illustrated with extracts from some of his most famous films: Champion (1949), Ace in the Hole (1951), Paths of Glory (1958), Lon...

For over forty years, virtuoso saxophonist/composer Barbara Thompson has been Britain's most brilliant and best-known female jazz musician. But in 1997, the same year that she received an MBE for her services to music, disaster struck. Barbara was di...

A translation to film of Raymond Williams’ 1973 book of the same title which traces images of ‘nature’ and ‘town’ through 200 years of English literature....

Cyril Lionel Robert James (1901-1989) was a historian, journalist and contributor to Marxist thought. Stuart Hall was able to interview him for Channel 4 in the UK . The interview discusses his thoughts on revolution, socialism, and politics. His inv...

In a brief life filled with prodigious artistic achievements, Federico García Lorca’s greatest legacy may well be his complex and compelling personality. Filmed on location in Spain, this BBC Arena documentary profiles the immortalized poet/dramatist...

A film based on Beyond a Boundary, the classic book by C. L. R. James,...

The first novel ever written, Cervantes’ Don Quixote, lives on in a thousand adaptations, in film, opera, art and even computer games. This film examines how the chivalrous knight and his sidekick have become enduring cultural icons around the world....

A documentary portrait of one of the world's superstars of Jazz, pianist Keith Jarrett, exploring his life and work....

The rarely-seen 1994 BBC TV documentary on the legacy and influence of John Berger, featuring interviews with Alain Tanner, Geoff Dyer, Jean Mohr, Ernst Neizvestny and many more....