Abstract
The Independent Film Makers‘ Association (IFA) was founded in 1974 to promote the interests shared by a diverse coalition of 'independent‘ filmmakers working in Britain. Though mentioned, there is little detailed historical information relating to this significant coalition during its early years, and even later dates and stages of the organisation, for example when exactly it changed its name and so forth. The Association‘s campaigns helped to bring new voices and visions into film and television at the time and provided a forum in which to meet, debate and campaign. Prepared by Dr Simon Blanchard, who was a member and participant/observer at IFA meetings and a National Organiser at the IFA from 1980, in conversation with archivist and researcher Claire M. Holdsworth, this chapter offers a Commentary and brief Chronology of this cultural network, with some reflections on its significance (5,000 words).
This chapter is supplemented by two other, smaller contributions as well as a chronology, also published in this book (all written by Holdsworth).
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Other Cinemas |
| Subtitle of host publication | Politics, Culture and Experimental Film in the 1970s |
| Editors | Laura Mulvey, Sue Clayton |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Publisher | I.B. Tauris |
| Pages | 279-298 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781784537180 |
| Publication status | Published - Jun 2017 |
Bibliographical note
Impact: As an academic publication with a print run of approximately 2,000 copies, Other Cinemas is distributed internationally and published by I.B.Tauris and also available as an ebook (published 29 June 2017). The anthology was edited by theorist Professor Laura Mulvey (Department of Film, Media and Cultural Studies, Birkbeck University) and writer and director Professor Sue Clayton (Screen School, Goldsmiths University) with editorial and research assistance from Holdsworth (Kingston School of Art). The anthology brings together 15 voices (both established and new) at the cutting edge of research into 1970s/80s radical cinema, to explore theories and politics as well as works important to this rich context. The publication coincides with a resurgence of interest in this decade, revealed by recent gallery events and screenings, recognising these achievements. These promted the editors and Holdsworth to collaborate further by co-curating a day-long series of screening programmes for the Whitechapel Gallery‘s cinema on 17 September 2017.Keywords
- Art and design