The Consecration of Liverpool's Metropolitan Cathedral
1967 · 20m · Documentary
A day to remember - celebration and consecration in Liverpool.
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501 goals from 50 of Liverpool's greatest goalscorers. Red's striking legend John Aldridge is your host as he counts down the players and goals that have made Liverpool into the one of the most successful English football clubs.
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Of Time and the City
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British director Terence Davies reflects on his birthplace of Liverpool - his memories of growing up there and how it has changed in the years since - in the process meditating on the internal struggles and conflicts that have wracked him throughout his life and the history of England during the second half of the 20th century.
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Beat City
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Intrepid reporter Daniel Farson makes the journey from London to Liverpool to discover why this “hard-drinking, hard-fighting” northern enclave has become the epicentre of the 1960s music scene. His whistle-stop tour takes in all the Merseybeat landmarks, most notably the celebrated Cavern club where youngsters twist and swoon to the likes of Gerry and the Pacemakers and Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. Close-up shots of the musicians and revellers together with evocative street scenes, courtesy of cameramen Ron Osborn and Peter Povey, capture the vitality of this defining moment in Liverpool’s cultural history.
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Liverpool Football Club Season Review: 2013-2014
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All the goals and all the action from a thrilling 2013 / 14 season for Liverpool FC. Includes interviews with Daniel Sturridge, Raheem Sterling, Jon Flanagan, Simon Mignolet, Jordan Henderson, Martin Skrtel, Brendan Rodgers, Steven Gerrard and Luis Suarez. The mighty Reds have become the great entertainers powered by the goals of dynamic duo Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge, and driven on by their inspirational skipper Steven Gerrard. Including the triumphant double over fierce rivals Manchester United, and comprehensive, stunning victories over Everton and Arsenal. This 110 minute DVD features all the goals, all the games and exclusive interviews with the manager and star players.
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The Last Supper
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The Boys Who Killed Jamie Bulger
2001 · ★ 10
This powerful and disturbing documentary covers the outcry approaching the release of Robert Thompson and Jon Venables, the two 10 year old boys who killed 2 year-old James Bulger in 1993. Re-telling the tragedy, the film presents the protests against their release from an institution, delves into the backgrounds of the killers, their terrible violent act and the impact it caused in UK. It also explores claims that their punishment has been a sham, as reporter Deborah Davies investigates how inmates at secure units are treated and interviews experts to learn whether eight years has been sufficient time to successfully rehabilitate the pair.
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This Means More
2020 · ★ 7.5
Images of crowd simulation are faced with testimonies from Liverpool Football Club’s supporters who recall their experience marked by a tragic event: the Hillsborough stadium disaster in 1989, which changed the nature of the game of football.
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A Touch of the Tar Brush
1991
Black filmmaker John Akomfrah believes that, for too long, being English has meant being white. In an attempt to show Englishness from the point of view of mixed-race English people, he visits Liverpool, one of England's oldest multicultural communities.
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The Pool of Life
1981
A time-capsule of Liverpool in the early 1980s, made by Photoflex Studios to promote tourism in the city.
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