The event is part of the ongoing project to explore film and television materials concerning the pop music of Birmingham, documentary and workplaces such as Cadbury’s and the BBC at Pebble Mill.

This is an opportunity to see screenings from the midlands collection of film heritage, along with how to use and develop archives in the digital age and hear about the work of these Digital Film Archive Funded projects.

The event is free and open throughout the day to the public from 11am – 4.30pm.

A full schedule is to be announced, subscribe or check back to the website for further information.

Birmingham Centre for Media and Cultural Research are hosting ‘Jazz and the Media‘, in partnership with Birmingham Conservatoire and Birmingham Jazz on 15 October. The event welcomes three internationally recognised speakers who will be presenting seminars throughout the day.

Mike Connolly is an award-winning documentary filmmaker with over 10 years experience in factual and arts television production.

William Ellis is at the vanguard of music photographers and is widely recognised as having created an important document of the contemporary jazz scene in Africa, Europe and The Americas.

Alyn Shipton is an award-winning author and broadcaster, who is jazz critic for The Times in London, and a presenter/producer of jazz programmes for BBC Radio.

To read more about these guys and their extensive careers working around jazz and the media, visit the event page.

Tickets can be ordered online at jazzandthemedia.eventbrite.com.