Our Archive

Creating a Permanent Legacy

We have singlehandedly collected more moving image archives about empire worker experiences in the 60s and 70s than anyone in the UK, from multiple sources. People’s attics, archive centres across the UK, filmmaker's offcuts to unscreened films, wedding footage across decades, and so on.

We want a place to share this material, and invite others to experience it anew too. Personally, it’s a way to detach from the central nucleus of my work and not be a hoarder of such demonstrably strong material. My soul was on fire when I found all this material - through fresh approaches to art production and partnerships, we want others to experience the same sensations.

As such, we are deeply committed to helping others explore their identity through these mediums. This venture will be a way to help bridge what is often a difficult gap in self-realisation. By creating a bridge between the birthplace of modern Britain, and the dialogues of the time, and today, 50 years on, when the dialogue is strikingly similar, we hope to make a substantial contribution in arts.