The Great North
2024
52 minutes
Overview
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.
Top 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