4. Loren Eiseley






2016
Speaking Out — Recalling Women’s Aid in Scotland
Director, Cinematographer, Editor

             In this film Marsha Scott, Chief Executive of Scottish Women’s Aid, introduces Speaking Out: Recalling Women’s Aid in Scotland – a two-year project which sought to discover, record, and celebrate the history of Women’s Aid in Scotland.

2016 marked 40 years since Scottish Women’s Aid was founded, bringing together a network of local Women’s Aid groups across Scotland. This ground-breaking movement brought about a big change in Scottish society by working to challenge and prevent domestic abuse.

To celebrate and mark this important anniversary, Scottish Women’s Aid, in partnership with Glasgow Women’s Library, Glasgow University Centre for Gender History and Women’s History Scotland, was awarded money by the Heritage Lottery Fund to record and share the history of Women’s Aid in Scotland.





2016
Speaking Out — Recalling Women’s Aid in Scotland
Director, Editor

            This film captures the stories and memories of eight women who have been involved in Women’s Aid at different points in its history, as well as with a range of Women’s Aid groups in Scotland. Their stories help to capture how Women’s Aid has changed during its 40+ year history in Scotland, but also demonstrate that many aspects of Women’s Aid’s work have remained the same: supporting women, children and young people, challenging attitudes around domestic abuse, and campaigning for an end to violence against women.

The interviews were filmed by a group of fantastic volunteers that I mentored and supported throughout the project.  
Mark