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Mick Jackson

Mick Jackson

“I don’t really make a distinction between big screen and small screen. John Frankenheimer once memorably said, you’ve got a crew of 200 people, you’ve got a camera, it’s the same experience. You do your best, and where it ends up is something different.”

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    Threads

    THREADS

    MICK JACKSON United Kingdom, 1984

    Mick Jackson’s unforgettable, Sheffield-set docudrama reached millions of viewers during its original airing at the end of the Cold War. By presenting the effects of nuclear warfare in stirring detail, and zeroing in on the escalation of violence, Threads tapped into its audience’s deepest fears.

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