Curated by CREAM’s Samuel Stevens.

The Workers Film and Photo League (1934-1939) brought together political activists, professional film technicians with amateur filmmakers and photographers. The League produced over thirty films beginning with a series of  Workers’ Newsreels. These covered subjects such as Hunger Marches, Poverty, Unionisation, Housing, Spanish Civil War Relief and Anti-Fascism. 

This exhibition presents, for the first time, a selection of documents, photographs and film from the Film and Photo League Archive in the University of Westminster’s London Gallery West.

The Film and Photo League Archive project began with the rediscovery of a collection of archive material in 2019. This includes over 600 paper documents, a collection of film material, photography and magic lantern slides, which the National Archives has rated as of national significance.

Currently based within the University of Westminster’s Centre for Research and Education in Arts and Media (CREAM), the project led by CREAM researcher Samuel Stevens, is working in partnership with the British Film Institute.

Find out more at www.archive.filmandphotoleague.org.uk