Credits
The idea for LCVA was originated in 2014/15 by Heinz Nigg and Andy Porter, and developed by Tony Dowmunt, Heinz Nigg and Andy Porter, with support from Ed Webb-Ingall, in 2016.
Co-Directors: Tony Dowmunt and Andy Porter
Project Director: Ed Webb-Ingall
Project Co-ordinator: Phoebe Beckett Chingono
Archive Consultant: Alex Wilson, memorydance.net
Website: Ben Edmonds, wesort.co.uk
Original website and typeface design: Rosen Eveleigh
Additional website design: Sophie Gibson, sophiegibsondesigns.co.uk
Project evaluation: Imogen Slater, The Art Of Regeneration
Archive Trainer and Project Partner: Laura Kloss, London Screen Archives (2025)
Archive trainees: Cici Peng and Jaye Hudson (2025) Sam Cuthbert, Alex Kemp, Victoria Baker (Creative Skillset, 2016) Alexandre Jordan (2018).
Oral history interviews: Zoe Kinross, Heinz Nigg, Rosie Saunders, Siobhan Schwartzberg, Ceridwen Williams, Lara Fullalove, Maz Murray, Kevin Holmes-Attivor
Thanks to the late Alan Fountain, Sean Cubitt, Julia Knight and Marjorie Mayo from our original Steering Group, Jessica Pavlos, Damian Owen-Board, David Kuper and Sarah Jackson from Goldsmiths, University of London, Adam Lockhart from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, Jes Benstock, Ros Cranston, Charles Fairall, Will Fowler, and Patrick Russell from the BFI, Andrew Pearson and Luke McKernan from the British Library, Madeline Bates and Sue Malden from Creative Skillset, and Kiri Anderson, Thomas Brown & Kayleigh Luscombe from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
We are supported by Goldsmiths, University of London and have received two substantial awards from the Heritage Lottery Fund in 2016 and 2024. We have received additional support from the British Film Institute.
All of the materials we have collected can be viewed online here and have been donated kindly by community video makers and activists. These videos are presented in their original form. While no copyright infringement is intended, due to the nature and historical context of their production, we cannot guarantee that all content is free from potential copyright issues.