[Commlist] British Women Documentary Filmmakers 1930-1955 Symposium

*British Women Documentary Filmmakers 1930-1955 
<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/british-women-documentary-filmmakers-1930-1955-tickets-53911488714>
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*Symposium *
*5 April 2019, 9:00-18:30*
Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, London School of Economics

As the work of filmmakers including Jill Craigie, Kay Mander and Marion 
Grierson testify, women played a significant part in the early decades 
of British documentary and informational filmmaking. Women were a vital 
part of the war effort and this was apparent in the films made by the 
Ministry of Information as well as newsreels, documentaries and dramas. 
Women also worked behind the camera as directors, editors and 
scriptwriters on instructional and propaganda films. Yet much early 
British documentary history on Grierson and the Documentary Movement 
tends to elide the ways in which non-canonical works engage differently 
with questions of the nation, gender, class and identity and the ways in 
which form and content are linked to context of production.

This one-day symposium seeks to deepen understanding of women’s creative 
presence in British documentary filmmaking. Papers explore individual 
films and filmmakers, as well as the industrial, social and historical 
contexts in which they worked. While WWII has been foregrounded in 
accounts of women’s participation in British film production, the day 
will consider a longer historical period including the innovations in 
documentary of the 1930s and the changing industry of the post-war period.

This event is supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council

The full programme can be viewed here:
https://www.jillcraigiefilmpioneer.org/british-women-documentary-filmmakers-1930-1955/

*To attend: *this event is free and open to the public, but tickets must 
be booked in advance through Eventbrite here: 
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/british-women-documentary-filmmakers-1930-1955-tickets-53911488714

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