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Short films, documentaries and podcasts
Short Films and Documentaries
A short film by Bright Ideas Nottingham and the Slave Trade Legacies project, nominated for a national heritage award.
Lace (1930) | BFI. An example of an 'industrial', a short silent film showing lace-making processes in a huge Nottingham factory.
Untangling The Threads of Slavery - Bright Ideas Nottingham.
This film has been made by the Nottingham based Slave Trade Legacies (STL) group with Dr Shawn Naphtali Sobers, based on a poem by Michelle 'Mother' Hubbard.
A short film by Bright Ideas Nottingham and the Slave Trade Legacies project, nominated for a national heritage award.
“The historians Prof David Olusoga and Dr Cassandra Gooptar reveal how the Manchester Guardian’s 19th-century founders had connections to transatlantic enslavement and how a ‘trick of history’ has obscured our understanding of the links between slavery and Britain’s Industrial Revolution.”
The film provides an opportunity for audiences to reflect on the ongoing, creative, and transformative process that is the Legacy Makers' journey.
“In this episode we’re thinking about how a simple cotton reel in Derby Museum's collection might provoke conversations about Derbyshire’s relationship to slavery. Talking to Ben Abbott, intern on the Legacy Makers project run by Bright Ideas Nottingham, we talk about the Boar's Head Mills in Darley Abbey and the connection between local and global history.”
“Following on from part 1, we now look at Welsh Cloth's journey into the Caribbean and learn more about the enslaved people who wore it. Featuring fabric specialist Jenny Hodgeman and Dr. Steeve O. Buckman.”