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Why Rachael Low Matters. In 1948 the first volume of The History of the British Film was published, written by Rachael Low and Roger Manvell. A further six volumes by Low followed. Now largely forgotten, this first major historian of British cinema is discussed by our expert panel: Ian Christie, Luke McKernan and Sarah Street, concluding with a BFI Special Collections presentation by Nathalie Morris, chaired by Elaine Burrows. Presented in association with Women's Film and History Network UK/Ireland. 10th December. 18.30pm. £6.50. A BFI Reuben Library event. Details and booking https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/whyrachaellowmatters An accompanying web article appears at https://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/features/rachael-low-british-film-history?utm_content=bufferc012e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitterbfi&utm_campaign=buffer This event will be followed by a screening of The First Born (1928) Dir. Miles Mander with an introduction by Christine Gledhill at 20.30pm NFT3 (separately ticketed). Both the talk and screening are eligible for the BFI 25 & Under ticket scheme with details at https://www.bfi.org.uk/25-and-under The British Film Institute is governed by Royal Charter and is a charity registered in England and Wales number 287780. The contents of this e-mail are confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, kindly notify the sender that you have received this message in error and immediately delete it. Unless you are the intended recipient, you may not forward this e-mail to anybody, nor make any use of its contents. -------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA mailing list -------------------------------------------------------- To manage your subscription or unsubscribe from the MECCSA list, please visit: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MECCSA&A=1 ------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA is the subject association for the field of media, communication and cultural studies in UK Higher Education. This mailing list is a free service and is not restricted to members. It is an unmoderated list and content reflect the views of those who post to the list and not of MeCCSA as an organisation. MeCCSA recommends that the list be used only for posting of information (for example about events, publications, conferences, lectures) of interest to members or to promote discussion of current issues of wide general interest in the field. Posts to the MeCCSA mailing list are public, indexed by Google, and can be accessed from the JISCMail website (http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/meccsa.html). Any messages posted to the list are subject to the JISCMail acceptable use policy, which states that users should avoid “engaging in unreasonable behaviour, or disrupting the general flow of discussion on a list.” For further information, please visit: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/ --------------------------------------------------------