Beeban Kidron
Beeban Kidron
Beeban Tania Kidron, Baroness Kidron, OBEis an English film director. She has directed an adaptation of Jeanette Winterson's autobiographical novel Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. Baroness Kidron is the joint founder of the education charity Filmclub, which helps schools with after-school clubs in the United Kingdom...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth2 May 1961
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We are increasingly offered a diet in which sensation, not story, is king.
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This is a culture filled with perfect images of women and perfect images of movie actresses, and most people can't live up to them.
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There is nothing wrong with Facebook in itself, except that it is not a very good tool to express the quality of your relationships.
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The Greenham women left home for peace: 'Not in our name!' they cried. And in doing so, they spoke for millions.
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The film that changed my life is a 1951 film by Vittorio De Sica, 'Miracle in Milan.' It's a remarkable comment on slums, poverty and aspiration.
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Parents cannot be in the same physical space as their children at all times.
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Our children, manipulated to become exemplary consumers, increasingly admit they do not feel 'in control' of their own Internet use.
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