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Jerry Rothwell

Archive type: Interview
Archive ID: lcva_92103
Date: 2018
Location: Beyond London
Chroma: Colour
Duration: 00:33:17
Format: Digital file
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Transcript: View

Jerry Rothwell is a maker of feature documentaries, who started out working in community video work in the 1980's in various locations across the UK.

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00:00 Start 00:05 Speaking to Power 00:30 Studying English at Cambridge University 02:08 The 1980s, Channel Four and VHS Camcorders 04:06 Finding a Mentor on a Community Programme Scheme 05:41 Early Days as a Sessional Community Video Worker 08:13 Working at Valley and Vale Community Arts, South Wales 11:06 Making Trade in Wind, 1988. 12:18 Freelancing as a Community Media Worker in Coventry in the late 1980s 13:14 Making Our Lives 1990 16:00 The Power of Using New Technology 17:17 Using Video to Investigate Jobs and Work 18:24 A View From Inside, 1991 20:02 Hi8us. 21:36 From Arts Management to Making Feature Docs 22:47 Making Feature Documentaries Deep Water, 2006 and Heavy Load, 2008 25:08 Heavy Load Contributors Seize their Moment in the Spotlight 26:51 The Difference Between Documentary Filmmaker and Community Video Facilitator 30:41 The Legacy of Community Video.

Credits

Camera: Rosie Saunders
Editor: Rosie Saunders
Interviewer: Andy Porter
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