Director
Kim Hopkins
Run Time
95 mins
Release Year
2022
Country of Origin
UK
Language
English
Director of Photography: Kim Hopkins
Exec Producer: Lisa Marie Russo, Caroline Cooper Charles, Megan Gelstein, Simon Beaufoy, Capella Fahoome, Co-Executive Producer John Archer
Editor: Leah Marino
Produced by: Margareta Szabo
Music: Terence Dunn
Screenplay by: Kim Hopkins
Director Bio
Kim Hopkins
P&I - Director Bio
Kim is a graduate of the NFTS, UK. Kim helped form the Documentary Department at EICTV, Cuba. Kim spent a decade making television before co-founding Labor of Love Films, a UK-based independent production company specialising in feature documentaries. Kim’s broadcast credits include: BBC 1, 2, 4, World, C4, A+E, WDR, Discovery Channel, National Geographic and NRK1.
A Bunch of Amateurs
This tragicomic documentary shines an affectionate spotlight on Bradford Movie Makers: established in 1932 and one of Northern England’s last remaining amateur filmmaking clubs. Members of varying vintages – middle age to bus pass – meet up to watch reels of their earlier short films. Suitably inspired, they then remake scenes from Oklahoma! with DIY CGI, while also trying to find money for a poetic horror project. Cue AGMs and arguments, care homes and cups of tea, fundraising drives and fading dreams. [15] Manish Agarwal
Content warning: strong language.
Introduction:
Kim Hopkins
Q&A:
Kim Hopkins
Margareta Szabo
Colin Egglestone
Ian Egglestone
Harry Nicholls
Philip Wainman
Joe Ogden
Jeanette Wilson
Marie McCahery
Martin Campbell
David Marshall