Screen Journeys through Birmingham: the City, the Car and the Canal

Saunders, Jemma

Jemma Saunders

Jemma Saunders is a doctoral researcher in the department of Film & Creative Writing at the University of Birmingham, UK. Her audiovisual thesis explores screen representations of Birmingham, employing videographic criticism as a core research methodology. She also manages placements for the University’s MA in Film & Television, is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and has authored two historical eBooks. She has been published in Tecmerin Journal of Audiovisual Essays and other examples of her work are available at vimeo.com/jemmasaunders.

Dossiers, no. 3, vol. 8September 27, 2023<September 27, 2023

Screen Journeys through Birmingham: the City, the Car and the Canal

Jemma Saunders

From children’s television to images of Spaghetti Junction, Birmingham has been represented as a motor city. Jemma Saunders’s video essay explores screen representations of the city and its automobile-centered identity.