Light House Media Centre

The formal opening of Light House took place on 16 March 1987 by the Mayor of Wolverhampton, Councillor Bishan Dass, although activities had taken place since the August 1986, when it was officially founded. Light House was then housed in the same building as Wolverhampton's Central Art Gallery and was a joint project of Wolverhampton Council and Wolverhampton Polytechnic (now the University of Wolverhampton). The programme guide for that period included courses in video production, seasons of science fiction films, an exhibition marking the 40th anniversary of India's independence and a conference about Black filmmaking. Here they continued to run production courses, new exhibitions,…