The Camera is Ours
Schedule
Wed Mar 22 2023 at 06:00 pm
Location
HEART - Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre | Leeds, EN
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Join us for an evening of short documentaries by pioneering female directors followed by an interactive discussion which will reflect on past and present documentary filmmaking and the importance of ethics and filmmaker responsibility within the genre. Beginning in 1935 and concluding in 1967, these new digital restorations offer insightful snapshots into selected moments in British history.There will be an introduction by Sophie Duncan, who is the Industry Programmer at Sheffield Doc Fest, a co-creator of Women X Festival, and has worked for many other festivals including IDFA, Leeds International Film Festival, BFI Flare, Open City Documentary Festival and London Short Film Festival.
Sophie will also host a post-screening interactive discussion with an industry panel which will reflect on past and present documentary filmmaking and the importance of ethics and filmmaker responsibility within the genre.
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Beside the Seaside (1935) which uses a witty array of techniques to stylish effect.
They Also Serve (1940) Ruby Grierson’s dramatised documentary is dedicated to “the Housewives of Britain”.
Birth-day (1945) A public information film by Brigid ‘Budge’ Cooper, exploring the mysteries of maternity.
Homes for the People (1945) Kay Mander’s powerful use of the then radical technique of allowing working-class women to describe their own lives.
Something Nice to Eat (1967) The psychedelic spirit of the 1960s is ushered in by Sarah Erulkar’s featuring Jean Shrimpton.
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Content Guidance: Beside the Seaside and Birth-day include scenes reflecting harmful racist views that were pervasive at the time of their making. There’s a scene of blackface vaudeville in Beside the Seaside and two women discussing anxieties about having ‘a black baby’ in Birth-day.
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Where is it happening?
HEART - Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre, Heart, Bennett Road, Headingley,Leeds, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
