FAUK commissioned report 'Invisible Innovators' launched by UEA
Next meeting? 28th June 2021Film Archives UK (FAUK) brings together archives, archivists, associate organisations and individuals who are interested in and committed to the work and development of the UK’s public sector film archives.
For a taste of the material we hold, why not watch our video showcasing some of the treasures from our collections?
The UEA’s report, ‘Invisible Innovators', making women filmmakers visible across the UK’s Film Archives is now available. It has been commissioned by Film Archives UK to explore the current scale and scope of the holdings of women’s amateur filmmaking within the regional and national film and media archives and to investigate ways of optimising their visibility. 6.3.20
FAUK'S next quarterly meeting will take place via ZOOM on Monday 28th June 2021 2-4pm. Zoom invites will be sent to Members in due course. We hope all our Members and friends are keeping safe and well. For more information about FAUK and membership, please contact administrator@filmarchives.org.uk
Media Archive for Central England
MACE are pleased to announce that we have re-released our DVD, The Black Country 1969.
This poignant and atmospheric profile of the people and character of the Black Country, the birthplace and the cradle of the industrial revolution has proved extremely popular so much so that we ran out of stock in December last year. We have now redesigned the cover and disc artwork but the contents remain the same.
The main programme on the DVD is a half an hour long documentary made by ATV Today in 1969 which explores the changing industry and landscape of the region through the eyes of its people.
90 year old Hannah Baker lives in a recently condemned 19th Century end-terrace in Tipton with its original open grate and no electricity. Mrs Baker remembers when she was a child the evenings would be lighter, the sky lit up beautifully by the furnaces. Herbert Davies and Gerald Billingham forge chains by hand at Cradley Heath and Quarry Bank from 4am til 10.30am each working day. Herbert scorns weaker men . While having a pint, chain making legend and prize dog owner Joe Mallen uses beer glasses to simulate the process of dog fighting and author and presenter Phil Drabble describes the brutal sport of cock fighting. A Bradley pub is packed with regulars singing ‘Somebody Stole My Gal’ to piano while the landlady serves up free pie and paes at Grey Paes Pudding Night.
Dr John Fletcher of the Black Country Society talks of how locals possess a strong sense that they belong to a small group, whether it be a street, a town or area; and Black Country poet Harry Harrison talks of the region’s particular sense of humour.
With poetry, rhyme, songs and stills from the region entwined with Gwyn Richard’s rich commentary, a host of colourful characters and powerful shots of the industrial landscape, this documentary provides a moving insight into the Black Country in the 1960s.
The Black Country’s RRP is £8.99 although prices will vary online.
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