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Articles

‘A Community Legacy on Film’: using collaborative documentary filmmaking to go beyond representations of the Windrush Generation as ‘victims’

Pages 115-132 | Received 17 Nov 2021, Accepted 13 Jun 2022, Published online: 21 Jun 2022

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Figure 1. The ‘Windrush: The Years After’ project logo. © 2019 Kirklees Local TV.

Figure 1. The ‘Windrush: The Years After’ project logo. © 2019 Kirklees Local TV.

Figure 2. Three still images of Khatija Lunat alongside various ‘Windrush: The Years After’ participants and volunteers – including this one (Bramley Citation2021a, 04:37) – are shown whilst Lunat is describing her experiences of working on the project (i.e. 04:28–04:45). Interviews for the ‘Windrush’ documentary film, such as this one, were often conducted by KLTV in interviewees’ homes.

Figure 2. Three still images of Khatija Lunat alongside various ‘Windrush: The Years After’ participants and volunteers – including this one (Bramley Citation2021a, 04:37) – are shown whilst Lunat is describing her experiences of working on the project (i.e. 04:28–04:45). Interviews for the ‘Windrush’ documentary film, such as this one, were often conducted by KLTV in interviewees’ homes.

Figure 3. An extract from a promotional poster for the ‘Windrush: The Years After’ film. © 2019 Kirklees Local TV.

Figure 3. An extract from a promotional poster for the ‘Windrush: The Years After’ film. © 2019 Kirklees Local TV.

Figure 4. Milton Brown introduces the ‘Windrush: The Years After’ private screening in June 2019, hosted by the University of Huddersfield. © 2019 Kirklees Local TV.

Figure 4. Milton Brown introduces the ‘Windrush: The Years After’ private screening in June 2019, hosted by the University of Huddersfield. © 2019 Kirklees Local TV.

Figure 5. At the end of the private screening of the film, the audience – which included members of the local community who had participated as interviewees – were invited to feedback on what they thought to the film, and share their ideas on how it might be improved ahead of the public release. © 2019 Kirklees Local TV.

Figure 5. At the end of the private screening of the film, the audience – which included members of the local community who had participated as interviewees – were invited to feedback on what they thought to the film, and share their ideas on how it might be improved ahead of the public release. © 2019 Kirklees Local TV.