The Great North
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-billed cast
- LLeon Smith
- AAaron Orr
- EEmilly Yeboah Obeng
- GGerald Rydel Simpson
- SStephen Mustchin
- TTim Williams
- RRayal Rowe
- ZZayne Macdonald
- DDammy Aminu
- SStephen Brown
Crew
- Director
- Jenn Nkiru
- Writer
- Jenn Nkiru
- Producers
- Steph Clarke, Gabrielle Jenks, Nkem Nwaneri, Mikal Habteab, Hayley Pepler
- Production
- Mothership, Factory International
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Who directed The Great North?
The Great North was directed by Jenn Nkiru.
When was The Great North released?
The Great North was released in 2024.
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