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Merry Month of May, Production Photograph, 1937 Courtesy of the Film & Photo League Archive
Exhibition
From the Archive – Workers Film & Photo League
21 Nov 2024 – 29 Nov 2024
Regular hours
- Thursday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Friday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Sunday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Tuesday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Wednesday
- 10:00 – 17:00
Free admission
Address
- University of Westminster, Watford Rd,
- London
- HA1 3TP
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Northwick Park
This exhibition presents, for the first time, a selection of documents, photographs and film from the Film and Photo League Archive in the University of Westminster’s London Gallery West.
About
The Workers Film and Photo League, 1934-1939, brought together political activists, professional film technicians with amateur filmmakers and photographers. The League produced over thirty films beginning with a series of Workers’ Newsreels. These covered subjects such as Hunger Marches, Poverty, Unionisation, Housing, Spanish Civil War Relief and Anti-Fascism.
The Film and Photo League Archive project began with the rediscovery of a collection of archive material in 2019. This includes over 600 paper documents, a collection of film material, photography and magic lantern slides, which the National Archives has rated as of national significance.
Currently based within the University of Westminster’s Centre for Research and Education in Arts and Media (CREAM), the project led by CREAM researcher Samuel Stevens, is working in partnership with the British Film Institute.
Curated by Samuel Stevens
