Watch a clip from South: Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Glorious Epic of the Antarctic (1919)
UK, 1919
88 mins
Cert U
French with English subtitles
Dir Frank Hurley
With Sir Ernest Shackleton
Considered the world’s first documentary feature, South is the original film – exquisitely photographed by Frank Hurley – of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s 1914 to 1916 Endurance expedition to Antarctica, during which the ship was crushed by ice, stranding the crew.
Notable for its stunningly dramatic images and the matter-of-fact way in which it deals with the actions of the explorer in the face of death, the film has been digitally remastered by BFI National Archive with a newly commissioned score by Neil Brand.
Venues
January
27 January
BFI IMAX + new live score performed by the Covent Garden Sinfonia, conducted by Ben Palmer
From 28 January
BFI Southbank
Picturehouse Cambridge
Picturehouse Central
Picturehouse Finsbury Park
Picturehouse Fulham Rd
Picturehouse Greenwich
Picturehouse Norwich
February
From 4 February
Bertha Doc House, London
11 February
HOME, Manchester
13 February
Northampton Filmhouse
QFT Belfast
18 February
Quad, Derby
19 February
Hebden Bridge Picture House
20 February
Royston Picture Palace
21 February
Picturehouse Ashford
Picturehouse Bath
Picturehouse Bromley
Picturehouse Edinburgh
Picturehouse Crouch End
Picturehouse Duke Of York Brighton
Picturehouse East Dulwich
Picturehouse Exeter
Picturehouse FACT Liverpool
Picturehouse Gate Notting Hill
Picturehouse Hackney
Picturehouse Henley
Picturehouse Oxford
Picturehouse Ritzy Brixton
Picturehouse Southampton
Picturehouse Stratford
Picturehouse West Norwood
Picturehouse York
From 22 February
Dukes, Lancaster
26 February
Storyhouse Chester
27 February
The Palace Cinema, Broadstairs
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