Commissioned as institutional promo pieces, Brit docu-maker John Krish’s BFI archive shorts ripple with poignancy and poetry.
A film about the last night of the trams becomes elegiac; an NSPCC portrait of a kids’ seaside trip gently registers youth’s brevity; softly but firmly admonishing neglect of the elderly, a Samaritans-sponsored film watches a widower’s heart-rending Sunday alone.
Sensitive to youth, age and progress’ march alike, these rediscovered treasures aren’t just time capsules: they’re calls to cherish the passing present, brimming with art and heart.
