Portland Pathways was a unique heritage project, run by b-side arts organisation and funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, on the Isle of Portland in 2018. The project explored the rich and vital history of public rights of way across the island, and the historic sites these pathways link. As the Research Coordinator for the… Continue reading Portland Pathways (2018)
Crafting Resistance: The Art of Chilean Political Prisoners is an oral history film examining how craftwork, made by political prisoners during their internment in the 1970s by the military regime led by General Pinochet, has contributed to the mental health and well-being of those involved, particularly following their exile to the UK. The film engages… Continue reading Crafting Resistance: The Art of Chilean Political Prisoners (2018)
In 2017 I managed the project 'Working River', documenting the living history of London's boatyards, from the Thames Barrier up to Teddington Lock. The project was run by the wonderful Thames Festival Trust, in partnership with the Museum of London, supported with a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. To help make this project happen,… Continue reading Working River: An Oral History of London’s Boatyards (2017)
Many Lives of A Shield is a short film, directed by Dr Luciana Martins, produced & edited by Bea Moyes of the Derek Jarman Lab. The film came out of a research project, 'Mobilising the Value of Biocultural Collections in Brazil', supported by Newton Institutional Links and the British Council, and developed in partnership with Kew… Continue reading The Many Lives of A Shield (2016)
For Women's History Month 2016, I curated the film programme, 'Women in Film' for the London's Screen Archives, exploring the representation of women on screen across the 20th century. The programme includes footage from a Suffragette march in 1910, to the election of local MP Judith Church for the borough of Dagenham in 1994, and covers… Continue reading Women in Film (2016)
'The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger' is a feature length essay film of four parts, made over the past five years by the Derek Jarman Lab. I had the pleasure of being the Assistant Producer and a Camerawoman on this film, and to work with this extraordinary team. The film will be… Continue reading The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger (2016)
In May this year, I worked alongside Sami Jalili of Eros Press, and the artist Sharon Kivland, to film an evening of performances at Senate House Library, entitled 'Their Eyes Travel Across the Page, and Their Hearts Search Out Meaning'. This is republished with many thanks to Eros Press, and to the film's editor Sally… Continue reading Their Eyes Travel Across The Page…
The films of Max Ophuls are testaments to a period of intense turmoil which transformed Europe between the early 1930s and the mid-1950. As films they are sources to the aesthetic and political tensions of the age, but also a profound reflection on the rise of cinema, particularly sound cinema, as the dominant form of… Continue reading The Place of Theatre in the Films of Max Ophuls
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