Uploaded February 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Interview with Ros Cranston (Curator of Nonfiction Film and Television at the BFI National Archive) about The Camera is Ours, our programme highlighting the work of Britain’s pioneering women documentary makers through five beautifully restored short films from the 1930s to late 60s.

Get in touch to screen The Camera is Ours before 31 March 2023: info@independentcinemaoffice.org.uk

ABOUT THE PROGRAMME
John Grierson is sometimes referred to as the father of British documentary and credited with coining the term documentary itself. But from the beginning, female innovators were at work within the genre, including Grierson’s own sisters Ruby and Marion, and we’re delighted to showcase their work alongside that of other pioneering female documentary makers in this revelatory programme of new digital restorations.

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