The Great North
- Released on
- Runtime
- 52 mins
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.
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.
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
- Feya Mattis
- Gerald Rydel Simpson
- Gillian Bojang
- Harry 'Hazza D Dolan'
- Jackie McNiesh
- Janette Martin
- Jorden Afi Lambert
- Jordan Afi Lambert
- Joshua Spencer
- Juliet Williams
- Kelise Gordon-Harrison
- Larry Highman
- Leon Smith
- Lilly Davis
- Lucas Sharples
- Mark Heselwood
- Michael McMillin
- Monique Dixon
- Niall Cunningham
- Nkita Potter
- Patrick J Maxwell
- Rayal Rowe
- Renee Rowe
- Reisso Bhaker
- Rose Silver
- Shameem Riaz
- Stephen Brown
- Stephen Mustchin
- Theodore Williams
- Tim Williams
- Tommy Nelson
- Trevor Roots
- Yonah Higgins
- Zayne Macdonald
- Zia Opara
Director
- Jenn Nkiru
Producers
- Aya Kaido
- Mikal Habteab
- Nkem Nwaneri
- Nina Franklin
- Steph Clarke
