THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD:
1 hour 39 minutes
Friday, March 1 – 7 pm /
Saturday, March 2 – 4 pm & 7:30 pm /
Sunday, March 3 – 4 pm & 7:30 pm /
Wednesday, March 6 – 7 pm /
Thursday, March 7 – 7 pm.
They Shall Not Grow Old is a 2018 documentary film directed and produced by Peter Jackson. The film was created using original footage of World War I from the Imperial War Museum’s archives, most of it previously unseen, alongside audio from BBC and IWM interviews of British servicemen who fought in the conflict. Most of the footage has been colourised and transformed with modern production techniques, with the addition of sound effects and voice acting to be more evocative and feel closer to the soldiers’ actual experiences.
Insider’s tip: “But it would be a mistake to leave the impression that the rewards of They Shall Not Grow Old are in any way akin to that of the usual BBC historical documentary. There is some overlap, to be sure, but by and large this Peter Jackson film does not offer a historical encounter, so much as an encounter of humanity, a psychic linking of hands across time” (Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle).
A Metacritic.com “MUST SEE,” nominated for 1 BAFTA award, THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD has another 3 nominations for excellence.