Ros Cranston

Ros has been a cataloguer, acquisitions officer and curator since she joined the BFI in 1992. She has a special interest in women documentary filmmakers, and led The Camera Is Ours: Britain’s Women Documentary Makers project.

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Smashing the goldfish bowl: how the Grierson sisters helped pioneer British documentary

Although overshadowed by their famous brother John – the ‘father of British documentary’ – Ruby and Marion Grierson deserve recognition for their own pioneering innovations in documentary filmmaking.

By Ros Cranston

Smashing the goldfish bowl: how the Grierson sisters helped pioneer British documentary

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