The Great North

Synopsis

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

Written by

Jenn Nkiru

Music

Barry Adamson

Studio

Mothership

Released

4 October 2024

Genres

Documentary