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THE FIRST FILM

Directed by David Wilkinson
United Kingdom, 2015
Documentary, History, Biography
  • 106106 minutes

Synopsis

Through painstaking research, Wilkinson pursues the mystery of filmmaker Louis Le Prince’s disappearance after making the first film in 1888 in the Yorkshire city, hoping to prove that this was the birthplace of cinema, and not America, in the process.

Synopsis

Through painstaking research, Wilkinson pursues the mystery of filmmaker Louis Le Prince’s disappearance after making the first film in 1888 in the Yorkshire city, hoping to prove that this was the birthplace of cinema, and not America, in the process.