Ken McMullen Movies

A radical cinematic investigation into the myth of Hamlet, the avenging prince of Denmark, William Shakespeare's creature; his origins and his...

Zina, the daughter of Leon Trotsky by his first wife, is undergoing freudian analysis in Berlin in the 'thirties. Meanwhile Trotsky is in exile in...

A young actress becomes politically aware within the Paris Commune of 1871.

The tumultuous events surrounding the sub-continent's partition in 1947 into India and Pakistan are re-imagined in Ken McMullen's complex and...

Through the experiences of two women in Paris and London, Ghost Dance offers an analysis of the complexity of our conceptions of ghosts, memory and...

A modern-day version of Shakespeare's 'Hamlet', which explores a young man's psyche as he contemplates avenging his father's death.

This bold film invites sustained, deep engagement as it works through a steady stream of ideas around the theme of resistance, both in its political...

The popular resistance to the current Greek economic crisis explored and expressed through the ethical and political writings of Ancient Greece.

A disillusioned writer follows the intertwining stories of several people, but are they his own inventions or do they really exist?

A profile and interview of director, Lindsay Anderson.

About Performance Art and its historical origins including its links with folk customs. The film includes extracts from the work of many different...

In this revealing documentary, Ken McMullen creates an elegant portrait of artist and filmmaker Derek Jarman, based on an interview conducted by John...

The French painter Edouard Manet painted four canvases depicting the execution in 1867 of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico. This short dramatic film...

John Berger is one of our most celebrated and respected writers and broadcasters. A former winner of the Booker Prize, he also wrote one of the most...