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From the Sea to the Land Beyond: Britain's Coast on Film

A Storyville documentary: Made from over 100 years of BFI archive footage, this film offers a poetic meditation on Britain's unique coastline and the role it plays in our lives.

Made from over 100 years of BFI archive footage, From the Sea to the Land Beyond offers a poetic meditation on Britain's unique coastline and the role it plays in our lives. With a soundtrack specially created by Brighton-based band British Sea Power, award-winning director Penny Woolcock's film offers moving testimony to our relationship to the coast - during wartime, on our holidays and as a hive of activity during the industrial age.

1 hour, 15 minutes

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Role Contributor
Director Penny Woolcock
Series Editor Nick Fraser

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