Classic TV Documentary: 7UP series at the Electric Palace
Schedule
Thu Sep 19 2024 at 11:00 am to 01:30 pm
UTC+01:00Location
39A High Street, TN34 3ER Hastings, United Kingdom | Hastings, EN
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Screening as part of our newly launched TV Season celebrating the classics and cults of the small screen!Marking the start of our TV Season launch weekend we start with the iconic and moving 7Up series of documentary films that followed the lives of 10 males and four females in England beginning in 1964, when they were seven years old. 7Up was voted the most influential TV show of the past 50 years, and shone a unique light on our national character. Groundbreaking television.
Every seven years, director Michael Apted revisited a group to see how they had progressed through life since he first met them in 1964 as 7-year olds. The first film was titled 7Up!, with later films adjusting the number in the title to match the age of the subjects at the time of filming. The documentary has had nine episodes—one every seven years—thus spanning 56 years.
The series as a whole has received numerous accolades and has been called 'the Noblest Project in Cinema HIstory' by Roger Ebert's and forms one in his list of the ten greatest films of all time.
In 63Up, director Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born adults after a seven-year wait. The subjects are interviewed as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during the past seven years. Moving and unique, this is the final episode ever made and encapsulates the entire series in this feature length episode.
This is part of a weekend celebration of classic and cult TV episodes, alongside introductions and presentations by guest speakers and TV experts.
Hosted by Julia Andrews-Clifford, Creative Director of the Electric Palace and season curator, who will introduce the screening and lead a discussion after the film with the audience.
With thanks to the BFI National TV Archive.
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39A High Street, TN34 3ER Hastings, United Kingdom, 39a High Street, Hastings, TN34 3, United Kingdom,Hastings, East SussexEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
