Molly Dineen on making documentaries | The Economist
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The award-winning British film-maker on breaking down stereotypes and finding a common denominator
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Molly Dineen is an English film-maker. For over 20 years she has been making documentaries about British institutions and the people that run them. Relatively unknown to foreign audience, Ms Dineen is known by British ones for a short film about Tony Blair that was commissioned by the Labour Party.
Ms Dineen was still a student when she made her first film, "Home from The Hill". It follows Hillary Hook as he returns to England after living in Kenya for 20 years. Hook could be dismissed as a relic of the British empire. Instead, Ms Dineen revealed the man beneath the stereotype.
The ability to access intimate moments is typical of a lot of Ms Dineen's films. In 1994 she received a BAFTA for "The Ark", a series about cost-cutting at the London Zoo.
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Molly Dineen is an English film-maker. For over 20 years she has been making documentaries about British institutions and the people that run them. Relatively unknown to foreign audience, Ms Dineen is known by British ones for a short film about Tony Blair that was commissioned by the Labour Party.
Ms Dineen was still a student when she made her first film, "Home from The Hill". It follows Hillary Hook as he returns to England after living in Kenya for 20 years. Hook could be dismissed as a relic of the British empire. Instead, Ms Dineen revealed the man beneath the stereotype.
The ability to access intimate moments is typical of a lot of Ms Dineen's films. In 1994 she received a BAFTA for "The Ark", a series about cost-cutting at the London Zoo.
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