Recommended for: AS and A2 Media
Capacity: 158 places
A surprise hit in cinemas, Senna has appealed to a wide range of audiences. It cleverly tells its story using archive footage without conventional commentary. This event, suitable for both AS and A2 students studying or creating documentary texts, will focus on issues of narrative, representation and audience in an in depth study.
Led by Roy Stafford, Freelance Film Educator
Screening: Senna 12A
Dir Asif Kapadia / GB, France, US 2010 / 106 mins
A moving documentary charting the remarkable story of legendary Brazilian motor-racing champion Ayrton Senna. Spanning Senna’s years as a Formula 1 driver, the film uses only archival footage to follow his rise to fame and his tragic death at the age of 34. Winner of the World Cinema Audience Award for Documentary at Sundance Film Festival 2011.