ABSTRACT

Recent cultural representations of the Windrush Generation – economic migrants from African Caribbean nations who were invited to live and work in Britain between 1948 and 1972 – and their descendants have overwhelmingly represented British citizens of African Caribbean descent as ‘victims’. This is unsurprising; the so-called ‘Windrush Scandal’ in the late 2010s saw hundreds of members of the Windrush Generation wrongfully lose their British citizenship, many of whom faced detention and, in some cases, even deportation. ‘Windrush: The Years After – A Community Legacy on Film’, a lottery-funded heritage project in the North of England, represents the attempts of local filmmakers and community activists to instil a renewed sense of belonging for African Caribbean descendants who call Britain their home. The ethical innovation of this documentary filmmaking project lies in its ability to reframe descendants of the Windrush Generation as ‘more-than-victims’ – and, by extension, its redefinition of the role of the documentary ‘subject’ as an engaged participant and stakeholder. N.B. this article is an adapted version of a chapter from my PhD thesis, In Their Own Image: Voluntary Filmmaking at a Non-Profit Community Media Organisation (Bramley 2021b). The full open access version of this thesis can be found at: https://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/29258/.

摘要

Windrush Generation（1948 年至 1972 年间应邀在英国生活和工作的来自非洲加勒比国家的经济移民）及其后代的最新文化代表绝大多数将非洲加勒比血统的英国公民视为“受害者”。这不足为奇；在 2010 年代后期所谓的“疾风丑闻”中，数百名疾风一代成员错误地失去了英国公民身份，其中许多人面临拘留，在某些情况下甚至被驱逐出境。“Windrush: The Years After – A Community Legacy on Film”是英格兰北部一个由彩票资助的遗产项目，它代表了当地电影制作人和社区活动家试图为非洲加勒比后裔灌输一种新的归属感，他们称英国为他们的家。这部纪录片制作项目的伦理创新在于它能够将 Windrush Generation 的后代重新定义为“不仅仅是受害者”——进而，它重新定义了纪录片“主体”作为参与参与者和利益相关者的角色. 注意这篇文章是我博士论文一章的改编版，以他们自己的形象：非营利性社区媒体组织的自愿电影制作(Bramley 2021b)。本论文的完整开放获取版本可在以下网址找到：https://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/29258/。