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.
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Jenn Nkiru Director · Barry Adamson Composer Lord Tusk Composer
First release October 4, 2024 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production Factory International
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Mothership
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Factory International
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United Kingdom
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English
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English
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United Kingdom · October 4, 2024
Premiere · Aviva Studios
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Netherlands
February 1, 2025 · Premiere · International Film Festival Rotterdam
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