Ros is our curator specialising in political and campaigning film. She has been a cataloguer, acquisitions officer and curator since she joined the BFI in 1992. She is leader of the BFI project This Working Life, which celebrates Britain’s coalmining, shipbuilding and steelmaking heritage on film.
Ros’s other interests include women documentary filmmakers, political and campaigning film and the documentary and fiction work of Ken Loach. She contributed chapters on the directors Peter de Normanville and Guy Brenton to Shadows of Progress: Documentary Films of Post-War Britain (Palgrave/BFI, 2010), and has contributed to BFI Screenonline, Mediatheques and DVD releases.
Articles by Ros Cranston
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From the Magazine
Film of the week: The Hard Stop
Before Mark Duggan’s death, and after: Ros Cranston on a stylish and potent inside view of the lives around the man whose killing triggered the 2011 England riots.
Thursday, July 14, 2016
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Vote for Froglet! and The Road to Hell: the Postgate connection
What links two highlights from our election-themed collection on BFI Player: a film about Britain’s 1931 means test and a political episode of The Clangers? It’s a family affair…
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
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Sheffield stoked by Jarvis Cocker and The Big Melt
Jarvis Cocker led a blazing live soundtrack to BFI archive footage of our steelmaking past on the opening night of Sheffield Doc/Fest 2013.
Thursday, June 13, 2013
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Sight & Sound magazine
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Reviews, interviews and features from the international film magazine.
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