‘70 Up’ Producer on How the Series Survived Six Decades and Became the ‘Definitive Longitudinal Documentary’: ‘To See a Whole Life Change in Front of You Is a Mindf—’

In 1964, Canadian director Paul Almond filmed a group of 14 British schoolchildren aged seven years-old for a documentary called “Seven Up!” examining the lives of kids across class divides. Seven years later, the children were filmed again, this time by British director Michael Apted, for “14 Up.” Apted went on to revisit them every […]