Workshop Cataloguing Your Film Archive

Join archivist Kaitlene Koranteng for a workshop exploring how to catalogue your own archive. Cataloguing is the process of identifying, describing, and organising archival materials to ensure long-term access and preservation.

These sessions take you through approaches to documenting the Black experience, particularly in relation to moving image materials. Participants will be introduced to inclusive and culturally responsive cataloguing practices and leave with practical knowledge to begin their own archiving journeys.

Sessions

• Tuesday 21st October, 6-8pm at Brixton House
• Thursday 23rd October, 6-8pm at Bernie Grant Arts Centre

These workshops form part of London’s Screen Archives and The New Black Film Collective’s Undocumented project, which seeks to address the lack of Black home movies within film archives. As part of its second year, the Screen Heritage Ambassador programme consists of a series of workshops for Black Londoners to learn about digitisation, non-Western archiving, cataloguing and programming to create a cohort of skilled community ambassadors.

It also forms part of iniva’s Visualising Contemporary Art Histories project, supported by BFI Screen Heritage Fund, awarding National Lottery funding.

About London’s Screen Archives

London’s Screen Archives (LSA) is a unique network of over 70 organisations with a collective vision – to preserve and share London’s history on film. The network is managed by Film London and encompasses organisations that hold heritage film collections across London, including local and borough archives, museums, galleries, public sector bodies, community groups, and national charities. We work with our members to digitise their films and ensure the long-term sustainability of their moving image collections, as well as offering opportunities for public engagement through screenings and events, volunteering programmes, training and education.