Against the Grain
A glimpse at how genre film-focused home video companies have taken the charge in preserving, restoring, and releasing so many works which otherwise might have been lost to time.
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Against the Grain
2023
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Going Going Gone: Nick Broomfield's Disappearing Britain
Duration: 1 h 0 m | 2016
Two iconic British buildings - the Wellington Rooms in Liverpool and the Coal Exchange in Cardiff - are threatened with demolition and Nick Broomfield is on the case.
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