by Michael Roberts
On Friday, I am going to the funeral of Antonia Bird who died of
cancer last week. Antonia was a great British stage, film and TV
director, making several riveting Hollywood movies. But more important,
she was an exciting and class conscious director of both fiction and
non-fiction drama. Here are some obituaries.
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/oct/28/antonia-bird
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/28/antonia-bird-film-maker-death
http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/comment/obituaries/antonia-bird-1951-2013
And Antonia was a committed socialist, something omitted from most accounts of her life, and yet central to her motivations. She made several great movies, but the one I Iiked a lot was Hamburg Cell, the best account and explanation of the motives and actions of the 9/11 bombers.
I was honoured to have been her friend, along with husband Ian, and comrade.
Bye , bye, Bird.
Michael Roberts
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