Imagine if you looked up your favourite film online and found… nothing. That's the case for far too many classics of feminist film.
The first ICA wiki-a-thon features a Salon with academics, filmmakers and curators. Chaired by moving image artist Sarah Turner, speakers include Elinor Cleghorn, Elizabeth Cowie, Sophie Mayer, and Lucy Reynolds.
This is a chance to further and exchange knowledge of feminist film and film theory. Bring a laptop and determination to shape history. A closed workshop will take place before the Friday Salon to post entries on Wikipedia.
I wanted to write to thank you so much for Wikimedia’s support on our Feminist Wiki-thon workshop last Friday. We feel it went very well and was extremely productive and thought-provoking. Thank you to the Wikimedia team for providing such great support, and advice on how to create the entries on Wikipedia.
These Wikipedia articles show what a good filmmaker page can look like. Study them for ideas on how to start and improve other pages, and click on "Edit" if you need to see how anything is done:
Wikipedia citation tool for Google Books Type in a filmmaker's name into Google Books, and if a particular extract is useful, copy and paste the URL into the Tool and it will generate a full reference for you to copy and paste into your article.