1418now.org.uk Website Review

extraordinary arts experiences connecting people with the first world war. five-year programme of cultural events comes to a close 35 million people engage with first world war centenary. over the past 5 years, an incredible 35 million people have engaged with the first world war through the 14-18 now programme of. peter jackson's they shall not grow old nominated for best docu*entary bafta. peter jackson’s first world war archive feature film they shall not grow old, co-commissioned by 14-18 now and the imperial war museum, has been nominated for an ee british academy film award for best docu*entary. film and docu*entary maker ben zand spoke to some of the artists and creatives involved with 14-18 now 2018 season to look at conscription and whether our sense of patriotism has changed 100 years on from the end of the war. peter jackson's feature film uses archive footage to portray the first world war as never before. 14-18 now is a five-year programme of extraordinary arts experiences connecting people with the first world war. working with partners all across the uk, we commission new artworks from leading contemporary artists, musicians, designers and performers, inspired by the period. watch the film thank you to everyone who took part in pages of the sea. on 11 november 2018 filmmaker danny boyle invited people to gather on thirty-two beaches from st. ninians in shetland to porthcurno in cornwall, for a nationwide gesture of remembrance for the men and women who left their home shores during the first world war. november 2018 – march 2019 leading contemporary artist bob and roberta smith invites students nationwide to make new work in response to the bold provocation, what does peace mean to you? inspired by the famous christmas truce of 1914, internationally acclaimed artist mark wallinger has transformed the football into a globe of the world to be released in november to community football teams across the country. historian david olusoga meets william kentridge, john akomfrah and the cast and creatives behind ss mendi dancing the death drill to bring to