100 PEOPLE: A PORTRAIT OF CO-EXISTENCE
1hr 33mins
Directed by: Andrew Wilson
2023
English Language with English Subtitles
100 People: A Portrait of Co-Existence weaves together intimate conversations between workers, residents, friends, neighbours, and sometimes strangers, diverse in age, ethnicity, and economic background to present a complicated and connected portrait of residential life.
Set in Shieldfield, a small neighbourhood on the edge of Newcastle upon Tyne’s city centre, 100 People celebrates the resilience and solidarity between ordinary people, often overlooked within mainstream representations, to reveal a collective model of what could be and how we might get there.
When American writer and thinker Rebecca Solnit observes that ‘we are not very good at telling stories about a hundred people doing things,’ this film responds by asking; what if we tried?
Led by artist Andrew Wilson, filmed by Evripidis Karydis, and with an original score from cellist Ceitidh Mac and composer Anna Hughes, 100 People is a poetic, funny and often moving reflection on our industrial past, precarious present, and everyday acts of collective-resistance.
100 People is an arts project developed in partnership with Shieldfield Art Works, Dwellbeing Shieldfield and artist Andrew Wilson.
100 People has received financial support from Shieldfield Art Works, Newcastle University Engagement and Place Fund, and Arts Council England.
With:
ADA E. KENNEDY
ALBIE PORTER
ANDREW WILSON
FATHER ALLAN MARKS
BARA ALBAQALI
CAITLIN JONES
CHEUNG KWAN-LAM
COLIN GRAY
DAN RUSSELL
DAVID FOGGO
EDYTA CZARNECKA
ELAINE ROBERTSON
EMILY PAXTON
GAIL MORGAN
HANNAH KIRKHAM
HANNAH PAXTON
HELIA CHAPIRU
IAN JACKSON
JACK HUTCHINSON
JILL HOLDER
JOHN ARMSTRONG
JON RIPPON
JUDE NAVOLU
KALTOUMA HASSABALLA
KATY WHITE
KEN MALLON
KIM FEWELL
KLAYTON DA SILVA BATISA
LUCAS FERGUSON-SHARP
LYDIA HIORNS
MAHAMAT YOUNIS
MARIA BARONOWSKA
MIA SIMMONDS
MICK DAVIES
MICHELLE CATHEY
MIKE JEFFERIES
REBECCA HUGGAN
SHARON BOUSFIELD
SOPHIE PAXTON
SUMMER JENNA-WILLIS
SUSAN RICHARDSON
TITI NAVOLU
VAL MIDDLETON
VICTORIA DOYLE
VIT SVARC
YVONNE MARIE HINCKESMAN
Dedicated to the loving memory of:
JOHN ARMSTRONG
11 January 1925 - 14 September 2023
Directed, Edited, and Produced by:
ANDREW WILSON
Filmed by:
EVRIPIDIS KARYDIS
Music composed and performed by:
CEITIDH MAC
ANNA HUGHES
Music recorded by:
SAM GRANT at BLANK STUDIOS
Sound Mastered by:
CALLUM HOWARD
Additional filming:
CRAIG HAWKES
SUSIE DAVIES
Creative guidance from:
ANDREA LUKA ZIMMERMAN
Archival guidance from:
ALI ATKINSON-PHILIPS
Additional guidance and support from:
DAN RUSSELL
EDYTA CZARNECKA
FRANCES STACEY
GEMMA HERRIES
HANNAH MARSDEN
LORNA BRYAN
LYDIA HIORNS
SARAH BIRD
SARAH CAMPBELL
Made with support from:
CHRISTCHURCH CHURCH
DWELLBEING SHIELDFIELD
SHIELDFIELD GROWS
SHIELDFIELD ART WORKS
THE SHIELDFIELD YOUTH PROGRAMME
THE SHIELDFIELD COMMUNITY CUP
THE NEWBRIDGE PROJECT
THE FORUM CAFÉ
NORTH EAST FILM ARCHIVE
THE STAR AND SHADOW CINEMA
Special thanks to:
ALICE WONG
ALISON FLANAGAN WOOD
ALISON MERRITT-SMITH
ALISON WILKINSON
CHILLI STUDIOS
CHRIS ERSKINE
DANIAL HAMILTON
DAWN BOTHWELL
DAWN HENDERSON
DAGMAR BRUNOW
HANNAH KIRKHAM
HELEN LUNN
IDRIS HAMILTON
IRENE MARSHALL
IZZY FINCH
JANE YOUNG
JENNIE MAC
JENNY McNAMARA
JOANNE LUCAS
KATE JEFFRIES
KEITH GILFILLAN
KEN MALLON
LOUISE MABBS
MAHAMAT YOUNIS
RICHARD TURLAND
RICHARD YOUNG
SEAN GAW
TERESA KELLY
TOBY LLOYD
WILLIAM REES
Songs:
Theme 1: People
Ceitidh Mac – Cello
Anna Hughes – Fiddle
Recorded at Blank Studios by Sam Grant, 2022
Theme 2 - Power
Ceitidh Mac - Cello
Anna Hughes - Harmonium
Recorded at Blank Studios by Sam Grant, 2022
Theme 3 - Storytelling
Ceitidh Mac - Cello
Anna Hughes – Fiddle
Recorded at Blank Studios by Sam Grant, 2022
Theme 4 - Lost Connectedness
Ceitidh Mac - Synthesizer
Anna Hughes – Fiddle
Recorded at Blank Studios by Sam Grant, 2022
Theme 5 - Studentification
Ceitidh Mac - Cello
Anna Hughes – Fiddle
Recorded at Blank Studios by Sam Grant, 2022
Theme 6 - Identity
Ceitidh Mac - Synthesizer
Anna Hughes – Fiddle
Recorded at Blank Studios by Sam Grant, 2022
Theme 7 - Art
Ceitidh Mac – Cello, Vocals
Anna Hughes – Harmonium
Recorded at Blank Studios by Sam Grant, 2022
Theme 8 – Song for Shieldfield
Written and performed collectively by workshop participants
Recorded at Shieldfield Artworks, 2022
100 People: has been supported by Shieldfield Art Works, Dwellbeing Shieldfield, Newcastle University Engagement and Place fund and Arts Council England.
100 People: A Portrait of Co-Existence is part two of the wider 100 People project led by artist Andrew Wilson and developed with support from Shieldfield Art Works and Dwellbeing Shieldfield.
As well as the film 100 People has produced an exhibition and a community archive collectively owned and managed by the community co-operative Dwellbeing Shieldfield.
All of the raw recorded footage now belongs to the neighbourhood community co-operative Dwellbeing Shieldfield as part of their growing Community Archive.
