My excellent colleague, Chantelle Boyea, introduced Tina Gharavi's short films last night, with some highlights from Tina's fascinating archive. Come here Tina speak about her work and archive on Friday at the BFI!

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White woman puts Mexican flag on her truck to waste ICE’s time.

Superman is the story of an immigrant who grew up in Kansas, landed a low-paying job as a reporter in Metropolis, and still had time for a hobby because urban housing was affordable.

It was so great to be at #DWFTH7 in Lincoln and to present our project’s first steps. Thanks for the insightful comments and discussion from the audience #womensscreenwork #femfilmhistory #archives @bdcmuseum.bsky.social @bellecobb.bsky.social @archiveswendy.bsky.social

Don’t forget, keep writing (politely but firmly) to Starmer…

🥰Lots of support for our strike from members of the public passing the picket line this morning! 🎺Give us a toot or come and say hi if you're passing by! #SaveUEA

Statement by Translucent providing some context… Written by a lawyer with decades of experience in this area.

There has been a lot of chatter today about Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump, some regarding this moment when White House correspondent Brian Glenn asked if the Ukrainian president plans to wear a suit. I want to address idea in this thread. 🧵

american masculinity is so amazing. caring about clothes as a man apparently makes you "gay" but our position on geopolitics totally depends on whether you wear a suit

We have two fully-funded PhD studentships available, one in film practice and one open call for any project in media/comms, drama, and film. Please share with suitable candidates

Spotted at tonight’s hockey game and posted without comment.

Ugh, link here: 19thnews.org/2025/01/tran... This is very red flag. And hasn't been big news.

In case you feel inclined to ask your friendly local UK academic how they are. This has been our past fortnight... qmucu.org/qmul-transfo... 😵‍💫

The Woman with a Movie Camera programme is out! I’ll be joining @helenexeter.bsky.social & @britfilmmelanie.bsky.social for a panel on Script Supervisors, then we’ll have a few items on display from the BFI National Archive whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...

We are hiring 2 x Postdocs to work on our AHRC project 'Women's Screen Work in the Archives Made Visible' app by:20/01/25 Details below ⬇️ 1) PDRA-Archives jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr... #archivejobs #specialcollections #womenshistory #womeninfilm 1/2

If people outside of the UK wonder why their colleagues in the UK are stressed: Check out this list--> qmucu.org/qmul-transfo...

The other will work primarily with @helenexeter.bsky.social @lindaruthwilliams.bsky.social and Phil Wickham at the Bill Douglas Cinema Museum, focusing on the curation of collections of women filmmakers. jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

Our AHRC project Women’s Screen Work in the Archives Made Visible has 2 postdoc research associate jobs. One will work mostly with me & @helenexeter.bsky.social with hands-on archives work on collections of women filmmakers at the BFI National Archive jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

It’s not too late! Deadline has been extended to Dec 20.

For those of you who write and publish, especially if you are UK-based, remember to register your items with ALCS. They collect money paid for copying/distributing work and pay it to authors. The cut-off for the March payment is to register your items by Nov 30th. www.alcs.co.uk/about-alcs/

London people: I'll be talking about my new book 'Reclaiming Female Authorship in UK Television Comedy' at the BFI Library on Monday the 2nd of December, 18:30 🎭 Link to buy a ticket below!

There you go. www.blackwomendirectors.co

Please consider signing this one, folks. The Herrick and the Academy Archive are vital, vital resources. #filmsky