Friday 5 June

4pm

WKL Dickson in London presented by Paul Spehr

‘Too British to be American -too American to be British’ says Paul Spehr, Dickson’s biographer.  Maybe that’s why this key figure in the birth of movies, inventor, pioneer (and maker of the first sound film in 1895) - is the not the household name he should be.  What brought this charismatic man to London? and what did he do while he was here? Featuring some of the most beautiful images shot in London you will ever see on the large 68mm format used by the Biograph cameramen. With piano accompaniment by John Sweeney. AND for those interested in London history – on Sunday at 11 Ian Chrisite leads a walk round some of the sites connected with the early film industry including sites where the great WKL Dickson made and exhibited his films.

See Barbican website for details.