Two films created as part of Collusion’s We Are Lynn series of projects have been inducted into the East Anglian Film Archive (EAFA). Preserved as part of EAFA’s collection of moving images relating to the East of England, the films ensure that LGBTQ+ stories of King’s Lynn, many of them long overlooked, are safeguarded as part of the region’s permanent cultural record.
The two works inducted are:
- Walking with Pride: The Colours of History – a documentary about Collusion’s 2025 We Are Lynn project, part of Historic England’s History in the Making programme, filmed and created by Alex Thaxton. The film follows the making of an augmented reality (AR) trail through King’s Lynn town, bringing to life characters inspired by the town’s LGBTQ+ stories, past and present.
- King’s Lynn Pride 2025 – a documentary co-created with young people from FUSE, Collusion’s collective of 16–30 year-old creatives in King’s Lynn. Filmed at King’s Lynn & West Norfolk Pride 2025, it captures voices and interviews from the day, with an original music score by emerging artist Mikey Wilson-Cosham commissioned by Collusion.
The project Walking with Pride: The Colours of History as part of Historic England’s History in the Making programme launched in October 2025, and was co-created over eleven months with 27 young people from FUSE. Drawing on materials held at the King’s Lynn Borough Archives, and through creative sessions, the project sought to uncover the overlooked histories of LGBTQ+ people regionally connected to King’s Lynn. The launch drew an in-person audience of 187 and reached over 10,000 people digitally. The accompanying exhibition ran at Chequer House Gallery from 16–30 October 2025.
Rachel Drury, Director and Co-founder of Collusion, said:
“It is a real honour to see these films take their place in the East Anglian Film Archive. The young people of FUSE have created something extraordinary — they have given voice to LGBTQ+ stories that the historical record has often overlooked. Knowing that their work will now be preserved means these stories will remain available for future generations of researchers, artists and communities.”
East Anglian Film Archive, which is part of the University of East Anglia, said:
“At the East Anglian Film Archive we are delighted to add two videos from Collusion to the archive collection and website, both providing a joyful and engaging view of the project “Walking With Pride” based in King’s Lynn, Norfolk. The videos reflect a really high-calibre arts and history project which increases people’s awareness and appreciation of the unique place where they live. Happily, this coincides with EAFA’s Community Curating project focused on LGBTQ+ contemporary collecting in partnership with Queer Norfolk. We hope the connections made through this project will continue to help identify diverse historical material and ensure its preservation as part of this region’s archival story. The Collusion project shows how history and archives can inspire young people’s expressive and imaginative creative work.”
The donation grants the archive a licence to preserve, digitise and make the works available for public, educational and cultural use.
Walking with Pride: The Colours of History was the fourth project in Collusion’s annual WE ARE LYNN series, which engages young people of King’s Lynn as co-creators of new public artworks. The project was supported by Historic England’s History in the Making programme, Arts Council England and the Audrey Muriel Stratford Trust, in partnership with King’s Lynn & West Norfolk Pride, the College of West Anglia, Marriott’s Warehouse, Chequer House Gallery and King’s Lynn Borough Archives.