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Peter Watkins’ The Journey: the longest film, the grassroots vision

At 14.5 hours, Peter Watkins’ nuclear arms opus The Journey is one of the longest films ever made. Ahead of a rare cinema screening, we look at how – in the face of Armageddon – Watkins’ epic pieces together a blueprint for global solidarity.

By Benjamin Cook

Peter Watkins’ The Journey: the longest film, the grassroots vision
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