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by Sheila JohnstonTuesday, 23 March 2010

Barney Platts-Mills' cult 1969 film Bronco Bullfrog opens the East End Film Festival

Now in its ninth year, London's East End Film Festival today announced its programme at a reception at the heart of its manor, at the Old Truman Brewery in Brick Lane. The Festival kicks off on 22 April with a preview screening of Barney Platts-Mills' cult 1969 film Bronco Bullfrog, set in Stratford, East London and starring local kids, prior to its re-release this summer.

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