Accept Me, I'm Single

From the collection of

The North East Film Archive, based at Teesside University, save and celebrate the screen heritage of the North East of England. At the heart of their collection are films made by, and for, local people, reflecting and representing the communities, places and distinctive identity of the region. Together with their sister archive in Yorkshire they form the Yorkshire and North East Film Archive, a unique pan-regional resource with over 75,000 moving image artefacts, part of York St John University. They unlock the collections for artists, academics, curators, programmers, researchers, and producers to reveal compelling stories from the vaults. www.yfanefa.com

Accept Me, I'm Single (Millennium Movies )

North East Film Archive
Gateshead
2000-02-04
Sound

Celebrate the quiet joys of being a single older woman in the new millennium.

The fifth of seven fascinating and thought-provoking films which present a range of thoughts, hopes, dreams and fears about moving into a new millennium, written by Brenda Whitelock from Newcastle, who wants to be accepted as a mature single woman who has come of age in the 21st century.

Returning the Gaze

From reproductive rights to unemployment: women tell their own stories in their own way.

At the time these films were made, the vast majority of camera operators, writers and directors were men. For generations, when women's stories were told in film, they were frequently told by men and from the perspective of the male onlooker. In this collection women are given back their voice, and while the subject matter is diverse, the authenticity of the female perspective shines through in every film.

7 videos in this collection

Lydia Oh Lydia

Newcastle upon Tyne
1991