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The Story of Film: An Odyssey, Episode 1

BIRTH OF THE CINEMA (1900-1920): The opening of The Story of Film: An Odyssey shows the birth of a great new art form, the movies. Filmed in the very buildings where the first movies were made, it shows that ideas and passion have always driven film, more than money and marketing. Directed by Mark Cousins. (UK, 2011, 61 minutes)

The Story of Film: An Odyssey, Episode 1

BIRTH OF THE CINEMA (1900-1920): The opening of The Story of Film: An Odyssey shows the birth of a g...

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The Story of Film: An Odyssey, Episode 2

THE HOLLYWOOD DREAM (1920s). This is the fascinating story of the movies in the roaring 20s. We see ...

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The Story of Film: An Odyssey, Episode 3

The Golden Age Of World Cinema (1920s): The 1920s were a golden age for world cinema. In this part, ...

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The Story of Film: An Odyssey, Episode 4

THE ARRIVAL OF SOUND (1930s): In chapter 4, we see how the coming of sound in the 1930s upended ever...

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The Story of Film: An Odyssey, Episode 5

Post-War Cinema (1940s): This chapter of The Story of Film shows how the trauma of war made cinema m...

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The Story of Film: An Odyssey, Episode 6

Sex & Melodrama (1950s): This chapter explores the story of sex and melodrama in the movies of the 5...

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The Story of Film: An Odyssey, Episode 7

European New Wave (1960s): This is the explosive story of film in the late 50s and 60s. We discover ...

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The Story of Film: An Odyssey, Episode 8

New Directors, New Form (1960s): This is the story of the dazzling 1960s in cinema around the world....

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The Story of Film: An Odyssey, Episode 9

American Cinema of the ‘70s: This is the remarkable story of the maturing of American cinema of th...

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The Story of Film: An Odyssey, Episode 10

Movies To Change The World (1970s): This is the story of the movies that tried to change the world i...

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The Story of Film: An Odyssey, Episode 11

The Arrival of Multiplexes and Asian Mainstream (1970s): Star Wars, Jaws and The Exorcist created th...

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The Story of Film: An Odyssey, Episode 12

Fight The Power: Protest in Film (1980s): This is the story of how brave filmmakers spoke truth to p...

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The Story of Film: An Odyssey, Episode 13

New Boundaries: World Cinema in Africa, Asia, Latin America (1990s): Few saw it coming, but cinema a...

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The Story of Film: An Odyssey, Episode 14

New American Independents & The Digital Revolution (1990s): This is the story of the brilliant, flas...

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The Story of Film: An Odyssey, Episode 15

Cinema Today and The Future (2000s): In the final part of The Story of Film: An Odyssey, movies come...

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