National Lottery Open Week: Electric Edwardians: The Films of Mitchell and Kenyon + Introduction

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This event last happened on 16 March 2025

Arguably the most exciting film discovery of recent times, the films of Sagar Mitchell and James Kenyon were commissioned by travelling exhibitors at the dawn of the twentieth century for screening in town halls, at village fetes or local fairs. Advertised as 'local films for local people', the audience paid to see their neighbours, children, family and themselves on the screen, glimpsed at local football matches, leaving work, marching in civic processions or enjoying the annual works holidays.

The films of Mitchell and Kenyon take us on a tour of everyday life in Edwardian Britain and were identified and researched by Prof Vanessa Toulmin, Chair of Early Film and Popular Entertainment at the University of Sheffield and set to a specially commissioned score by Sheffield-based duo In The Nursery.

This screening will feature a special introduction.

Free tickets can be claimed by National Lottery players on a first-come, first-served basis.

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