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Availability:In StockContributor:James LeggottSeries:BFI Film ClassicsPublish date:11/13/2025Pages:104
Language:EnglishPublisher:British Film InstituteISBN-13:9781839027802ISBN-10:1839027800UPC:9781839027802Book Category:Performing Arts, HistoryBook Subcategory:Film, Social HistoryBook Topic:Guides & Reviews, History & CriticismSize:7.48 x 5.32 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCDEY5W6K9
Billy Elliot
Set against the turbulent backdrop of the UK miners' strike (1984-5), Billy Elliot (2000) follows eleven-year-old Billy as he pursues his dream of becoming a ballet dancer. Hailed for its heartfelt portrayal of working class life and its powerful challenge to gender stereotypes, Stephen Daldry's film is recognised today as a significant contribution to the tradition of British social-realist...
Series: BFI Film Classics
Language:EnglishPublisher:British Film InstituteISBN-13:9781839027802ISBN-10:1839027800UPC:9781839027802Book Category:Performing Arts, HistoryBook Subcategory:Film, Social HistoryBook Topic:Guides & Reviews, History & CriticismSize:7.48 x 5.32 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCDEY5W6K9
James Leggott is Associate Professor of film at Northumbria University, UK. He is author of The North East of England on Film and Television (2022), In Fading Light: The Films of the Amber Collective (2020), and Contemporary British Cinema: From Heritage to Horror (2008). He is editor of Conflicting Masculinities: Men in Television Period Drama (I. B. Tauris, 2018).
Publisher: British Film Institute
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