Thursday's Children

Thursday's Children 1954

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Won the Academy Award for the Best Documentary Short of 1954. The subject deals with the children at The Royal School for the Deaf in Margate, Kent. The hearing-handicapped children are shown painstakingly learning what words are through exercises and games, practicing lip-reading and finally speech. Richard Burton's calm and sometimes-poetic narration adds to the heartwarming cheerfulness and courage of the children. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with British Film Institute in 2005.

1954

The Vision of William Blake

The Vision of William Blake 1958

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The artistic and spiritual vision of William Blake as expressed through his books and illustrations.

1958

A Painter Who Farms

A Painter Who Farms 2018

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Allen Whiting is a farmer who has been living off the land as his family has for 12 generations, though he is known more for his plein-air paintings, depictions of island landscapes that can be found in the collections of those lucky few who have been visiting his home gallery since the 70s. From his taciturn delivery to his creative expression of the beauty that surrounds him, Whiting is the human embodiment of Martha's Vineyard, the island in which his roots run deep, and from which he derives his inspiration.

2018

People Apart

People Apart 1957

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Demonstrates different types of epilepsies in various personalities and age groups.

1957