Hidden Herstories Film Project
Jayaben Desai Claudia Jones Amy Ashwood Garvey Octavia Hill
(For the Hidden Herstories press pack - click here).
(For the Hidden Herstories website and details on the screening tour - click here).
...is featured in this article from the Guardian - 24 Feb 2010 - click here.
...is a celebration of the heritage of 4 local women from diverse backgrounds who have had a profound impact on community welfare.
...builds on the enthusiam, creativity & success of Grove Roots.
...started in July 2009 and runs for 18 months.
...involves 20 local young people who will all receive full training to research, interview, film and edit an hour-long film, magazine and website.
...is a partership project with HistoryTalk, Institute Of Race Relations and Black Cultural Archives. IRR have found inclusion in the project particularly beneficial - http://www.irr.org.uk/2009/november/bw000012.html
...will produce 3 short documentary films incorporated into 1 DVD, a glossy magazine and a website.
...involves 7 young disabled filmmakers, 5 of whom are from Action Disability Kensington & Chelsea (ADKC) and have formed their own film production company called Crazie Productions. They recently won a film award.
...premiered at the London School of Economics on Saturday 6th March 2010 as part of International Women's Day. The film was met with much praise, both for the quality of the documentary itself as well as the hard work and talent of the young people who made it. The panel discussions that followed involved several of the project participants together with Baroness Brenda Dean, who spoke about Octavia Hill, Nzingha Assata, who spoke about Amy Ashwood Garvey, Vanessa Walters, who spoke about Claudia Jones and Jenny Bourne, who spoke about Jayaben Desai.
...is funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Octavia Foundation.
for further information contact Hayley Tripp.