Jewish Britain on Film

  • May 2023
  • 1hr

    12mins

  • Documentary
  • Directed by

    Jon Spira,

    Starring

    Isy Suttie,

    Maureen Lipman,

    Narrated by Isy Suttie (Peep Show, Pearl & Dave), the footage includes rare scenes of an Edwardian Petticoat Lane; a wedding in London’s East End in 1925; the defeat of the British Union of Fascists at Cable Street; Britain’s earliest surfing film, an interview with actor Maureen Lipman at the beginning of her career and many more surprising and tender moments in history captured on screen. Francesca Ter-Berg (Fran & Flora, Sam Lee) provides a beautiful original soundtrack.