The Royal Ocean Film Society

Some Kind of Connection - the Up Series (2017x8)

Air date: May 01, 2017

Roger Ebert once called Michael Apted's decades-spanning Up documentaries an inspired and even noble use of the film medium, and I agree with him wholeheartedly. Let's take a bit to explore what exactly it is about the series- and about others like it- that works and works so well. Further Reading- Roger Ebert on the Up documentaries- http://bit.ly/1tex1ZC Roger Ebert interviews Michael Apted- http://bit.ly/2pAo1Cg Ronan Doyle on 56 Up- http://bit.ly/2oY7NyT