Undocumented
Pressure (1976) - Horace Ove
The Undocumented project
London’s Screen Archives and The New Black Film Collective’s Undocumented project seek to address the lack of Black home movies within film archives. The project aims to create a space where we can discuss the importance of celebrating and preserving the Black experience in London and highlight the crucial role screen archives play in preserving stories from the past.
For our second year, we launched the Screen Heritage Ambassador programme which consisted of a series of workshops for Black Londoners to learn about digitisation, non-western archiving, cataloguing and programming. The aim was to create a cohort of skilled community ambassadors who can continue to be custodians of screen heritage and memory work through audio-visual archives.
Ambassadors have gone on to create documentaries, zines and archive collectives in response to the programme. Several Ambassadors have also donated their home movies to London's Screen Archives which can be found here.
London’s Screen Archives
Skills
Undocumented’s Screen Heritage Ambassador programme held workshops developing skills in the following areas:
Community archiving
Non-western archival techniques
Digitisation of video and film formats
Cataloguing
Archiving personal collections
Film formats
Programming with heritage material
Undocumented showcase @ TNB XPO 2026 coming soon!
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Undocumented showcase @ TNB XPO 2026 coming soon! -
Sessions
Caring for your personal collection
Community on camera, viewing your own home movies
Correcting our Collecting – Thinking beyond the ‘traditional’ archive
Visiting R3store Studios: participants to choose from available slots
Identifying what is missing in the archives
Non-western cataloguing
Cataloguing your archive
Programming your event
Exploring legacy
Meet our screen heritage ambassadors
Meet The Team - London’s Screen Archives
Amy Keegan
Emotional Crack (Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen, 2003)
Ije: The Journey ( Chineze Anyaene, 2010)
film Archives celebrated on Xposé
Thank You To Our Partners!
Session Leaders
A huge thank you to session leaders who were generous with their time and knowledge throughout the programme;
Milo Holmes and Lynn Loo Film Conservation Specialists at the BFI National Film
Lisa Soverall Heritage Officer and Dr. Patricia Dark Archivist at Southwark Archives
Dr Etienne Jospeh, Hackney Archives Manager and Cofounder of Decolonising the Archive
Kaitlene Koranteng Archivist and Engagement Producer and Tavian Hunter Library and Archive Manager at iniva
Genova Messiah Engagement and Learning Officer at Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives
Amy Keegan Membership & Licensing Coordinator and David Whorlow Collections Coordinator at London's Screen Archives
Steering Group
Our Steering Group who continue to provide insight and advice:
Harlynn Homan - Archives Manager at Black Cultural Archives
Hannah Oliver - Filmmaker
Juanita Cox - Researcher and Historian
Rai Terry - Audio-Visual Archivist and Founder of Auntie Penny's Tapes
YV Shells- Filmmaker
Montaz Marche - Historian, Writer and Creative
Contact us if you have any questions or enquiries about the project
Email: info@tnbfc.co.uk