Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain
A concise documentary portrait of Humphrey Jennings, exploring the life and artistic legacy of a defining British filmmaker through expert and practitioner testimony.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Mild
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- None
- thoughtful
- scholarly
- reflective
- film club viewing
- historical cinema study
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The stated subject is Humphrey Jennings’s life and work, with commentary from Richard Attenborough, Christopher Frayling, Mike Leigh, Dai Vaughan, and Denis Forman.
The film examines Jennings through his work and the broader significance of his filmmaking practice.
Jennings is presented as a British filmmaker whose work is examined within the context of British documentary culture.
The named contributors include a major actor, film historians, and filmmakers, making the film especially suited to cinema-focused viewers.
Films like Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain, and why
The Eyes of Orson Welles
shared focus on a major filmmaker’s life, artistic practice, and place in cinema history through documentary portraiture
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
shared film-history documentary approach, archival-minded inquiry, and attention to cinema as a cultural art form
Night Mail
shared British documentary tradition, historical filmmaking context, and interest in how cinema records ordinary life
Movie Details
- Director
- Kevin Macdonald
- Release Date
- 2025-04-06
- Runtime
- 50 min
- Rating
- 10.0 / 10 (1)
Cast
- James Purefoy
- Richard Attenborough
- Christopher Frayling
- Mike Leigh
- Dai Vaughan
- Denis Forman
- Francis Cockburn
- Jeffrey Richards
- Ken Cameron
- Kevin Jackson
Common questions
- What is Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain about?
- A concise documentary portrait of Humphrey Jennings, exploring the life and artistic legacy of a defining British filmmaker through expert and practitioner testimony.
- What is Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain as measured, its intensity as mild and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain.
- Which films are like Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain?
- Films with a similar feel include The Eyes of Orson Welles, The Story of Film: An Odyssey, and Night Mail.
- How long is Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain?
- Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain runs 50 minutes.
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