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''This guest post was written by [http://www.bfi.org.uk/people/stephen-mcconnachie Stephen McConnachie], Head of Data at the BFI and [http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/features/day-we-teamed-wikipedia originally published here]'' | ''This guest post was written by <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.bfi.org.uk/people/stephen-mcconnachie Stephen McConnachie], Head of Data at the BFI and [http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/features/day-we-teamed-wikipedia originally published here]</span>'' | ||
A marathon of Wikipedia editing at the [http://www.bfi.org.uk/education-research/bfi-reuben-library BFI Reuben Library] has enriched the online encyclopedia’s records relating to black and Asian British filmmaking. | <span class="plainlinks">A marathon of Wikipedia editing at the [http://www.bfi.org.uk/education-research/bfi-reuben-library BFI Reuben Library]</span> has enriched the online encyclopedia’s records relating to black and Asian British filmmaking. | ||
On 26 January, the BFI and Wikimedia UK held a Wikipedia Editathon in the BFI Reuben Library on London’s South Bank. The focus was British black and Asian films and filmmakers, with a list of key films, filmmakers and writers established in advance. This subject was inspired by the BFI’s new three ticks diversity guidelines for film funding, which are aimed at improving on-screen and off-screen diversity within the film sector, including BAME (black, Asian, minority ethnic) diversity. | On 26 January, the BFI and Wikimedia UK held a Wikipedia Editathon in the BFI Reuben Library on London’s South Bank. The focus was British black and Asian films and filmmakers, with a list of key films, filmmakers and writers established in advance. This subject was inspired by the BFI’s new three ticks diversity guidelines for film funding, which are aimed at improving on-screen and off-screen diversity within the film sector, including BAME (black, Asian, minority ethnic) diversity. | ||
All afternoon the editors used the books, articles and digitised press cuttings in the BFI Reuben Library to create new Wikipedia pages as well as improve existing articles. They had support from three of the major figures in this area of British filmmaking, who very kindly gave their time to support the event: [http://www.stephenbourne.co.uk/ Stephen Bourne] (author of a major book on this subject, [http://www.stephenbourne.co.uk/BlackintheBritish.html Black in the British Frame]), June Givanni (curator of the [http://www.junegivannifilmarchive.com/ Pan African Cinema Archive]), Imruh Bakari (filmmaker, writer and academic, co-founder of the [http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/569785/ Ceddo] film and video workshop) and film and theatre writer Suman Bhuchar. | <span class="plainlinks">All afternoon the editors used the books, articles and digitised press cuttings in the BFI Reuben Library to create new Wikipedia pages as well as improve existing articles. They had support from three of the major figures in this area of British filmmaking, who very kindly gave their time to support the event: [http://www.stephenbourne.co.uk/ Stephen Bourne] (author of a major book on this subject, [http://www.stephenbourne.co.uk/BlackintheBritish.html Black in the British Frame]), June Givanni (curator of the [http://www.junegivannifilmarchive.com/ Pan African Cinema Archive]), Imruh Bakari (filmmaker, writer and academic, co-founder of the [http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/569785/ Ceddo] film and video workshop) and film and theatre writer Suman Bhuchar.</span> | ||
Among the newly created and published Wikipedia articles are one on Imruh Bakari himself (a unique opportunity for article writer and subject to discuss the references available in the Library’s collection), Udayan Prasad (director of My Son the Fanatic, 1997), Lionel Ngakane’s pioneering 1966 film Jemima + Johnny, John Akomfrah’s Handsworth Songs (1986) and Newton Aduaka’s Rage (2000). Other articles are being prepared for publication, including one on tap-dancing duo Scott & Whaley. | Among the newly created and published Wikipedia articles are one on Imruh Bakari himself (a unique opportunity for article writer and subject to discuss the references available in the Library’s collection), Udayan Prasad (director of My Son the Fanatic, 1997), Lionel Ngakane’s pioneering 1966 film Jemima + Johnny, John Akomfrah’s Handsworth Songs (1986) and Newton Aduaka’s Rage (2000). Other articles are being prepared for publication, including one on tap-dancing duo Scott & Whaley. | ||
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