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A Lesson in History

Name: A Lesson in History
Director: Maybelle Peters
Genre: Animation, History
Released: 1989-01-01
Duration: 10 min
Cast: Maybelle Peters, Gerry White

January 1, 1989

10m

Lesson in History was produced when Peters was a student at the West Surrey School of Art and Design. Having read The People Could Fly by Virginia Hamilton, she was inspired to make what she describes as 'the stories of black achievement and how stories had not been told.' The animated film was subsequently screened on the BBC as part of the series 10X10. It was shot on 16mm using cutouts, photography and masks.