International Women’s Year
Series
- Series Name
- London Line
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 1
- Summary
- COI synopsis: As our contribution to International Women’s Year, London Line shows four African women successfully at work in London - a housewife/dentist, a writer, an actress and model, and a barrister - and records what each has to say about the future, both for Africa and for women throughout the world.
- Researcher Comments
- The featured women are: Helen Renner, dentist; Kube Chaza, actress/model; Aina Lewis, writer; and Estelle Forster, barrister. Includes a short extract from the feature film "Live And Let Die", the rehearsal of a short drama - "Alhaja Dupe - Cash Madam" written by Aina Lewis; and a re-enacted courtroom scene. NB: Information gathered from the Ghanaian version
- Keywords
- Health and medicine; Women; Performing arts; Writers; Law
- Written sources
- COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 43 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 1257/490
- Credits:
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- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Cutter
- James Hubbard
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
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nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
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- Phone
- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7580 7503
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN - Notes
- The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
- Series held
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