C: Shextreme: Year 1: Initial Research

This project identifies and investigates a film festival as a participatory action research method and framework for researchers seeking impact. Research is centred on the case study Shextreme Film Festival: the world’s first film festival celebrating women in extreme sports and adventure. This item contains initial data gathering and archiving of women in extreme sports films which was shaped into a website called www. shextreme.tv This item also contains video, photographic and interview documentation of the first Shextreme Film Festival. Image Credit: Laura Buxton-Blyth. Film Credit: Dan Higginson. Images and films used with permission.