She Who Sails

MacKinnon-Day, Patricia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8096-1981 (2025) She Who Sails. [Data Collection]

Abstract

The film will showcase the realities of today and throughout history, highlighting women's work on tall ships and their personal journeys and tenacity in succeeding. It acknowledges the value and significance of their expertise and contributions to the seafaring community, as well as the unique social interactions between the women on board and their courage and strength in succeeding in a predominantly male world.

The film "She Who Sails" aims to bring to visibility the apparently uneventful and overlooked aspects of the sailing experience, to investigate the ordinary rather than the heroic and monumental, and to invite the viewer into a rarely seen world.

The film weaves historical text, maritime film archives and behind-the-scenes footage to explore the realities of everyday sailing. It aims to give female sailors a voice and illuminate the stories of historic and contemporary female seafarers. It is a poetic, multi-layered composition that explores the challenges faced by women at sea, accompanied by the original soundtrack sung by the Freedom Chorus Maritime Singers.

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Creators:	MacKinnon-Day, Patricia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8096-1981
Uncontrolled Keywords:	330405 Public participation and community engagement; 3606 Visual arts; 3605 Screen and digital media
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.24377/LJMU.d.00000229
Division:	Art & Design
Field of Research:	Built environment and design > Urban and regional planning > Public participation and community engagement Creative arts and writing > Screen and digital media Creative arts and writing > Visual arts
Date Deposited:	02 Jun 2025 08:55
Last Modified:	02 Jun 2025 08:55
Related resources:	Related data Related data
URI:	https://opendata.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/229
Data collection method:	film, photography, ethnographic, women sailors
Resource language:	English
Metadata language:	English
Collection period:	From To 3 July 2019 1 May 2025