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Jill Craigie

Jill Craigie

Jill Craigie was an English documentary film director, screenwriter, socialist and feminist. Born to a Russian mother and a Scottish father, she was married to the Labour Party politician Michael Foot, whom she met during the making of her film The Way We Live.

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Movies Made By Jill Craigie (9)

Two Hours from London (1995)

Documentary about the outbreak of the war in former Yugoslavia that calls on the leaders of Europe to come to the aid of the stricken country. ...

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Windom's Way (1957)

A doctor's sophisticated wife joins him at his remote Asian practice to try and patch up their marriage. Increasingly violent friction between local rubber plantation workers and the authorities force both parties to make decisions. ...

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The Million Pound Note (1954)

An impoverished American sailor is fortunate enough to be passing the house of two rich gentlemen who have conceived the crazy idea of distributing a note worth one million pounds. The sailor finds that whenever he tries to use the note to buy something, p ...

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To Be a Woman (1951)

Documentary arguing the case for equal pay for women. Women are seen employed in their homes, in factories, teaching, nursing, in politics and in the professions. There are also some newsreel shots of marching suffragettes. ...

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Blue Scar (1949)

1940s British realist film about the life and struggles of a family in a Welsh mining town. ...

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Children of the Ruins (1948)

The ill effects on children's bodies and minds of the chaotic conditions being countered by the endeavours of UNESCO. The film emphasises especially the problem of the devastated areas. ...

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The Way We Live (1946)

Drama and documentary are combined in this stylish and ambitious film, in which 3000 local people took part. The film delves into the complexities of rebuilding a city, showing frustrations along the way as well as vivid scenes of family life in trying cir ...

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Out of Chaos (1944)

Examines the role of art in WWII; featuring Henry Moore's drawings of London Underground during bombing raids, Paul Nash's paintings of aircraft dumps, Stanley Spencer's shipbuilding panels, Evelyn Dunbar's land girls, alongside many amateur artists too. ...

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The Flemish Farm (1943)

Wartime commando story based on fact. Allied airman risks return (on the ground) to occupied France for the honour of his regiment. ...

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Movies Starring Jill Craigie (4)

Independent Miss Craigie (2020)

Some time after her death, film director Jill Craigie (1911- 99), re-opens an old suitcase, prompting memories of the extraordinary life and loves of this forceful, charismatic woman, whose work has been long neglected. Craigie was one of the first women t ...

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Labour's Old Romantic: A Film Portrait of Michael Foot (1997)

A profile of Michael Foot, the former leader of the Labour Party, which included footage of him on the night of Tony Blair's historic 1997 victory, and interviews with his wife, the filmmaker Jill Cragie, and some of his old colleagues and friends, includi ...

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Children of the Ruins (1948)

The ill effects on children's bodies and minds of the chaotic conditions being countered by the endeavours of UNESCO. The film emphasises especially the problem of the devastated areas. ...

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Make-Up (1937)

Make-Up is a 1937 British drama film directed by Alfred Zeisler and starring Nils Asther, June Clyde and Judy Kelly. It was a circus film made by an independent production company at Shepperton Studios. ...

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