Humphrey Jennings

Humphrey Jennings

Frank Humphrey Sinkler Jennings (19 August 1907 – 24 September 1950) was an English documentary filmmaker and one of the founders of the Mass Observation organization. Jennings was described by film critic and director Lindsay Anderson in 1954 as: "the only real poet that British cinema has yet produced."

Read more about Humphrey Jennings:  Early Life and Career, The War Years, Reputation

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    Liberalism, above all, means emancipation—emancipation from one’s fears, his inadequacies, from prejudice, from discrimination ... from poverty.
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