The Poor Stockinger, The Luddite Cropper and The Deluded Followers of Joanna Southcott

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Released October 10, 2012

Overview

Turner Prize-winner Luke Fowler's film focuses on the life and work of the socialist historian EP Thompson and his involvement with the Workers Education Association. Presented in a documentary style format, combining archive and contemporary footage, the film questions our notions about how history is constructed.