The Dangers of Dogma: Untangling William Friese-Greene
Channel: William Friese-Greene
Date: 2021-11-02

Talk delivered by Peter Domankiewicz on May 26 2021 at the symposium "Remapping Early British Cinema" hosted by Birkbeck, University of London. It looks at how the mythologies created by Friese-Greene's greatest supporter and greatest detractor - Will Day and Brian Coe - have obscured the real story, and the lessons to be learnt from this.
This is a recording of a rehearsal so there is the odd glitch. The full day of sessions can be viewed at https://birkbeck.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=6faeb123-6558-4623-941d-ad83007dbb61. List of speakers can be found at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/remapping-early-british-cinema-registration-151945849125