The Great North
2024•52m•Released
Documentary
Beginning at the industrial revolution of the ‘great north’, Jenn Nkiru draws lines between peoples, cities, countries, buildings, movements, bodies and spaces(s) using a mixture of archive materials and new footage. There is little stillness as we are pushed and pulled through Black histories and communities across the city of Manchester and beyond. Nkiru has termed this filmmaking process “cosmic archeology”, and it is grounded in Afro-surrealism, experimental film and the Black arts movement.
Director
Jenn Nkiru
Writer
Jenn Nkiru
Languages
English
Studio
Mothership
Cast
Aaron Orr
Adele Jones
Akil Scafe-Smith
Alfonso Buller
Andrew Jones
Ann Sargé
Annika Campbell-Hypolite
Dammy Aminu
Denise Southworth
Edmond Smith
Ella Spencer
Emilly Yeboah Obeng
Elias Spencer
Eden Spencer
Esme Davis
Production
Company
Mothership
Company
Factory International
Producer
Aya Kaido
Producer
Mikal Habteab
Producer
Nkem Nwaneri
Producer
Nina Franklin
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