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The First Film
The First Film

THE FIRST FILM

Directed by David Wilkinson
United Kingdom, 2015
Documentary, History, Biography

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.