Animated Activism in the Archive

Made to accompany an exhibition at the University of Leeds throughout 2025, celebrating the acquisition by its archive of two feminist collections: those of Women's Aid Federation England, and Leeds Animation Workshop. Both were founded in the 1970s, inspired by the Women's Movement. The film is screened without sound during the exhibition. This version, never screened in public, has a soundtrack made up of music commissioned for a film we made in 1983, about violence against women, informed in part by our experience of living in Leeds at the time of the so-called Yorkshire Ripper murders.

  • LEEDS ANIMATION WORKSHOP
    Director
    THEY CALL US MAIDS; GIVE US A SMILE; OUT TO THE FAMILY; OUT AT WORK; CROPS AND ROBBERS; NO OFFENCE; etc
  • LEEDS ANIMATION WORKSHOP
    Producer
    see above
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Documentary, Short
  • Runtime:
    5 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    January 10, 2025
  • Production Budget:
    8,500 GBP
  • Country of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Country of Filming:
    United Kingdom
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Distribution Information
  • Leeds Animation Workshop
    Distributor
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - LEEDS ANIMATION WORKSHOP

A women's collective set up in 1978 to produce and distribute animated documentary films.

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A women's collective set up in 1978 to produce and distribute animated documentary films.