Archive Category : Film and Video

28th London Film Festival Programme

A Day in Edinburgh, Leaflet, August 1986

Bombay Our City, a film by Anand Patwardhan, a Pamphlet

Anti-Racist Film Programme For School And Community Evaluation Report and Press Reviews

Anti-Racist Film Programme For School And Community Funding Approved by Arts & Recreation Committee on 19th September 1984

GLC Film and Video - Practice and Policy Report, 19th October 1984

BFI - Note from BFI Ethnic Film & TV Adviser, Jim Pines, 13th September 1985

BFI - Strategy and Criteria Following Abolition of GLC, Barrie Ellis-Jones, September 1985

BFI - Policies and Priorities for Development: Consultative Document, Barrie Ellis-Jones, June 1985

BFI - News Three Sixty Magazine: August 1984

Interview Questions by Onyeke Igwe about GLC Third Eye: London's Festival of Third World Cinema

BFI - Housing the Cinema Fund: Application Form and Information Sheet, Revised 1982

BFI - Regional Production Fund 1983/84 Information and Application Form

BFI - Abolition Estimates prepared by Barri Ellis-Jones, August 1985 and shared with GLC Film Working Group

The Emergence of Black British Political Filmmaking and its Broken Relationship with Social Realism by Clive James Nwonka based on interviews with Parminder Vir

Leipzig Documentary Festival 1984, Black and White Picture of Parminder Vir at the Festival

BFI Conference 1985: Fantasy Factory Video Response to BFI's Policies and Priorities for Development - A Consultative Document.

BFI Conference 1985: Agenda

BFI Conference 1985: Video Screening Programme

BFI Conference 1985: Regional Consultative Committee

BFI Conference 1985: BFI Summer School Information Sheet

BFI Conference 1985: Report On Training

BFI Conference 1985: Does Subsidised Cinema Have a Future?

Audio Visual Unit List of Projects ILEA

GLAA/ILEA Feasibility Study by the British Council on providing training in television production for ethnic minority and women's community groups

BFI and GLC Film Working Group - Handwritten Meeting Notes by Parminder Vir 17th July 1984

BFI and GLC Film Working Group: Meeting Notes 28th June 1984

BFI Conference 1985: Independent Film and Video Makers Association Response to BFI's Policies and Priorities for Development - A Consultative Document.

Letter to Parminder Vir from Josephine McNally, student filmmaker, 15th November 1984

National Film Theatre - September 1984 Programme

BFI National Conference 1984: Resolutions Passed

Filmotsav 1986: Scattered Reflections Around an Event by Ashish Rajadhyaksha

Imruh Bakari Caesar - Street Warriors

BFI Summer School 1986 - Beyond 1984 Information Pack

Third Eye London's Festival of Third World Cinema - Symposium Programme 31st Oct to 4th Nov 1983

The Illustrated History The Movie Magazine: A Question of Colour

The Women’s Film and Video Bulletin, interview with Parminder Vir and June Givanni

Third Eye London's Festival of Third World Cinema: Film Festival Symposium Publication Press Release

Third Eye London's Festival of Third World Cinema: Photographs from the Festival

Third Eye London's Festival of Third World Cinema: Struggle for Black and Third World Cinema Symposium Publication

BFI News Three Sixty Magazine: April 1986

The Black Experience Arts Programme: Struggles for Black Community, A Film Programme 28th February to 6th March 1986, Programme Catalogue and Press Release.

Oval Video, a Community Video Resource Centre Equipment Hire List

Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam: Letters exchanged between Ms Hetty Lemmnes, Department of Cultural Affairs and Parminder Vir, Arts Officer, Commonwealth Institute, June 1981

Television and the Riots: A Report for the Broadcasting Research Unit of the British Film Institute by Howard Tumber, published 1982

Dragons Teeth NCRCB Publication Interview with Tara Rajkumar, feature article on racism in libraries and information on Black American Film Festival Feb 1982

Clarence and Angel, a film by Robert Gardner: The Ritzy Cinema programmed the film from March 28 to April 3rd 1982, as part of its approach to attract a wider audience. This followed its showing at the Black Film Festival produced by Parminder Vir in February 1982 at the Commonwealth Inst

Interview with Parminder Vir and June Givanni on Anti-Racist Film Programme

GLC Black Film Policy Discussion Paper by Parminder Vir, July 1983

GLC Race Equality Unit and Divemay Films invitation to screening of Mandela by Lionel N’Gakane at BAFTA, 9th January 1986

National Film Theatre - Museum of London: Made in London Programme

GLC Race Equality Unit: Black Film Sector - Which Way Forward Conference May 1985, photograph of participants

Black Womens Editorial Collective: Letters between Parminder Vir and Cyndy Jennings

BFI and GLC: Notes of Meeting between GLC Film Working Group and BFI Officers in June and July 1984

Filmotsav 1986 Hyderabad, India: A Third World Women's Film Programme, 13-20 January 1986 Festival Pass

UN Decade for Women: International Women’s Film Forum, Nairobi, Kenya 1985: Article by Parminder Vir and Article Published

National Film Theatre - Cuba Si! 25 Years of Cuban Cinema: Programme Notes

National Film Theatre - A Passion of Joan of Arc, Programme Notes

Third Eye London's Festival of Third World Cinema: Biography of the Directors in the Programme

Third Eye London's Festival of Third World Cinema: Stills

Third Eye London's Festival of Third World Cinema: Programme Changes

Third Eye London's Festival of Third World Cinema: GLC Press Officer Invite to Press Preview

Third Eye London's Festival of Third World Cinema: Programme Catalouge

Third Eye London's Festival of Third World Cinema: Parminder Vir at Press Conference to announce the Programme

Third Eye London's Festival of Third World Cinema: Photographs from the Launch of the Programme

A Third World Women's Film Programme 13-20 January 1986, Filmotsav 86, Hyderabad, India: Photographs

The Black Experience Arts Programme: Greater London Film Script Competition, Information Pack and Application

The Black Experience Arts Programme: Greater London Film Script Competition, Handwritten List of Winners and Tutors

National Film and Television School (NFTS) Women’s Group Open Meeting held at the Women's Place on 10 March 1986. Parminder Vir, Chair of the Panel on Experiences and Needs of Black and Ethnic Minority Women in Film Training.

National Film and Television School (NFTS) Women’s Group: Women In Film - Students, Teachers and Filmmakers by Cherry Potter Gandy, published in CILECT REVIEW June 1985

Race Equality Unit Management: Anti-Racist Film Programme Draft Evaluation Report, May 1985

Oval Video Community Video Resource Centre providing Access, Equipment Hire, Workshops in North Lambeth

Television and the Riots: A Report for the Broadcasting Research Unit of the British Film Institute by Howard Tumber, published 1982. Preface by Richard Hoggart and Forward by Michael Tracey

Black Film Festival Programme, 1st to 13th February 1982, Commonwealth Institute: Picture of Symposium between Black American and Black British Filmmakers

Checkpoint Bradford West Indian Community Centre Association Letter dated 5th March 1982: Request for hiring black films from the Black Film Festival Programme, 1st to 13th February 1982, Commonwealth Institute

Black Film Festival Programme, 1st to 13th February 1982, Commonwealth Institute: Press Review in West Indian World dated February 26th 1982 by K.G. Coaston

Black Film Festival Milkweg Amsterdam, April 1981 produced by Ard Hesselink: Photographs of Parminder Vir's trip to the film festival

Invitation from Ard Hesselink to his wedding in 1983

The Black Experience Arts Programme: Twelve Days at the Roundhouse Black Arts Centre, Parminder Vir Interviews Shashi Kapoor on 31st March 1986. Press Cuttings and Parminder Vir's Handwritten Questions

International Broadcasting Trust Publication

Tribe: The Black London Guide Magazine, Issue 1, January 1982. Features Black Film Festival Programme from 1st to 13th February, Produced by Parminder Vir at the Commonwealth Institute. Tribe Produced by Alvin, Brenda Courtney, Cynthia Lorna, Maggie, Norris, Sei, and Shakka Dedi

Black Film Festival Programme, 1st to 13th February 1982, Commonwealth Institute

Anti-Racist Film Programme Circuit March to April 1985

Anti-Racist Film Programme, November 1984 to March 1985: Screenings at Local Schools, Youth Clubs, Libraries. Churches, Arts & Community Centres, Community Cinemas, Poster

Filmotsav 1986: A Third World Women's Film Programme from 13 to 20 January 1986, Hyderabad, India, curated by Parminder Vir, Programme Catalogue