Women’s Film Lab: Activating Memories of Decentralised Community-Building Cinema in Peru

Description of impact

Enhance the connection between grassroots film and social organisations using historical examples of community-building cinema in the following ways:

1. Encouraging the use of the website Reversible Archive for community-building activities and increase the network of content creators and users for the website outside Lima.

2. Engaging with the women-led initiatives registered in the films, activating the memory of historical struggles, the rich tradition of women's Indigenous and working-class organisation in Peru, and the community-building potential of Peruvian women's nonfiction film.

The lab program focuses on methods (community archiving, oral history, web design, and Wikipedia entry-making). Moreover, we curate screening programs open to all and public presentations of the website for different audiences (university researchers, film workers' unions, social activists, and archivists).

Who is affected

Film and social organisations

Impact status	Open
Impact date	2024 → 2026
Category of impact	Cultural, Creative Impact, Educational Impact (Beyond St Andrews), Social Impact
Impact level	Involvement - mid or active stage