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Bookmark this pageFly a Flag for Poplar (1974)
Director: Roger Buck, Caroline Goldie, Ron Orders, Geoff Richman, Marie Richman, Tony Wickert
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Those convinced that the proper translation of cinéma-vérité is cinema boredom will have their belief confirmed by this documentary tribute to Poplar's community spirit. Large, inert slabs of it are devoted to the day-to-day doings of its people, particularly those organising a neighbourhood festival: mums prepare meals, a clergyman greets passers-by, a Ford worker drives to Dagenham, someone performs on the spoons. The fragmentary reconstruction of Poplar's past, using newsreels and photographs, is far more interesting; and the print quality is often better, too.Author: GB
Cast & crew
Director: Roger Buck, Caroline Goldie, Ron Orders, Geoff Richman, Marie Richman, Tony Wickert
Cast: Alice Mahoney, John Mahoney, Andrew Tuck, Joe Mitchell, Bill Pyne full cast
Genre(s): Documentaries
Duration: 81 mins
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