THE ARCHIVIST

History.
Told Like Cinema.

We make documentaries about the past and publish the evidence they rest on — the sources, the licences, the material we refused to use, and the questions the record cannot answer.

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The latest film

The Island That Was Blamed

The island was transformed by its people. The people were destroyed by someone else.

Documentary · 16:12

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The Archivist Books

The Island That Was Blamed

Complete Ebook + Audiobook Edition

Ebook and audiobook together · £2.50

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The films are the fifteen per cent. Every documentary leaves research behind; the books are the rest of it.

Every film shows its workings

The sources

Each claim traced to a record you can go and read yourself.

The rights

Every image cleared individually, with its licence and origin stated.

The gaps

Where the evidence stops, we say so — on the film and on the page.

Anyone can claim to be careful. We would rather you checked.

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