Sandra Lahire
Filmmaker
(1950-2001)
Lahire studied philosophy at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Fine Art Film at St. Martin's School of Art and Film & Environmental Media at the Royal College of Art in London. This brought her closer to the world of independent filmmaking and led her to join the London Film-Makers' Cooperative (1966-1999), a workshop that originated within Britain's counterculture movements. The political is a constant throughout Lahire's experimental filmmaking and she used her filmography to examine issues such as our relationship with our own body and, in particular, with eating behaviours, as well as denouncing the toxic effects of the uranium mines on the residents of Serpent River, in Canada. She also established dialogues with other creators, such as her trilogy dedicated to Sylvia Plath.
Update: 25 July 2022