The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Season 1, Episode 8: New Directors, New Form
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The dazzling 1960s in cinema around the world: In Hollywood, legendary cinematographer Haskell Wexler reveals how documentary influenced mainstream movies. Easy Rider and 2001: A Space Odyssey signal a new era in America cinema. We discover the films of Roman Polanski, Andrei Tarkvosky, and Nagisa Oshima. Black African cinema is born, and we talk exclusively to the Indian master director Mani Kaul.
All Episodes - Season 1
Episode 1
Birth of the Cinema
Episode 2
The Hollywood Dream
Episode 3
The Golden Age of World Cinema
Episode 4
The Arrival of Sound
Episode 5
Post-War Cinema
Episode 6
Sex & Melodrama
Episode 7
European New Wave
Episode 8
New Directors, New Form
Episode 9
American Cinema of the 70s
Episode 10
Movies to Change the World
Episode 11
The Arrival of Multiplexes and Asian Mainstream
Episode 12
Fight the Power: Protest in Film
Episode 13
New Boundaries: World Cinema in Africa, Asia & Latin America
Episode 14
New American Independents & The Digital Revolution
Episode 15
Cinema Today and the Future