Title: Requiem for a Village (IMDb)
Starring: Various
Released: 18th July 2011
SRP: £19.99

Further Details:
BFI Flipside has announced the dual-format DVD and Blu-ray release of Requiem for a Village for the 18th of July, priced at around £19.99. Technical details can be found below, along with the artwork.

• Presented in Both High Definition and Standard Definition
• PCM Mono Audio
• A Summer Discord (David Gladwell, 1955, 17 Mins, Silent): A visionary drama centred around a young girl’s argument with her mother
• Miss Thompson Goes Shopping (David Gladwell, 1958, 23 Mins): A sensitive and inventive portrait of an elderly lady’s shopping trip
• The Great Steam Fair (David Gladwell, Derrick Knight, 1964, 18 Mins): A lyrical example of Gladwell’s extensive work as editor and director of documentary shorts
• An Untitled Film (David Gladwell, 1964, 9 Mins): An extraordinary piece of film art, exploring the power, beauty and violence contained in a single moment of time
• 36-page Booklet Illustrated with Gladwell’s Paintings, with Essays by Elizabeth Sussex; Rob Young, Author of ‘Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain’s Visionary Music’ (2010), and Patrick Russell and William Fowler from the BFI National Archive. David Gladwell Himself Also Contributes an Essay.

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