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.
Unfortunately the movie The Great North is not yet available on Disney Plus.
| Directing | Jenn Nkiru | Director |
| Writing | Jenn Nkiru | Writer |
| Production | Aya Kaido | Producer |
| Crew | Fraser Rigg | Cinematography |
| Editing | Jermaine Quainoo | Editor |
| Sound | Lord Tusk | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Barry Adamson | Sound Designer |
| Sound | A Guy Called Gerald | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Lord Tusk | Music |
| Sound | Barry Adamson | Music |
| Sound | A Guy Called Gerald | Music |
| Production | Mikal Habteab | Producer |
| Production | Nkem Nwaneri | Producer |
| Production | Nina Franklin | Producer |
| Production | Steph Clarke | Producer |
| Production | Gabrielle Jenks | Executive Producer |
| Production | Hayley Pepler | Executive Producer |
| Art | Sami Khan | Production Design |
| Sound | Barry Adamson | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Lord Tusk | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | A Guy Called Gerald | Original Music Composer |