100 PEOPLE: A PORTRAIT OF CO-EXISTENCE

93mins, 2023, English Language with English Subtitles

Set in a small neighbourhood on the edge of Newcastle 100 People: A Portrait of Co-Existence celebrates the resiliance and co-ordinated action between ordinary people (often overlooked within media representations) to reveal a collective model of what could be and how we might get there.

Directed by 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 the potential of an everyday collective-resistance.

100 People: A Portrait of Co-Existence is a feature film that combines conversations between residents and workers, diverse in age, ethnicity, and economic background to present a collective spirit of everyday solidarity emerging in the residential neighbourhood of Shieldfield.

As well as a feature film, the project has produced an exhibition, a co-created folk song, an experimental and democratic protocol for recording/archiving, and a community archive collectively owned and managed by the Shieldfield community themselves

DIRECTED, EDITED & PRODUCED BY:

Andrew Wilson

FILMED BY:

Evripidis Karydis

COMMISSIONED BY:

Shieldfield Art Works

MUSIC COMPOSED BY:

Ceitidh Mac and Anna Hughes

MUSIC RECORDED BY:

Sam Grant at Blank Studios

SOUND MASTERING BY:

Callum Howard

ADDITIONAL FILMING FROM:

Craig Hawkes and Susie Davies

CREATIVE GUIDANCE FROM:

Andrea Luka Zimmerman

ARCHIVAL GUIDANCE FROM:

Ali Atkinson-Phillips

ARCHIVAL DEVELOPMENT WITH:

Dwellbeing Shieldfield

FUNDED BY:

Arts Council England

Shieldfield Art Works

Newcastle University Engagement & Place Fund

DEDICATED TO THE LOVING MEMORY OF:

John Armstrong (11 Jan 1925 - 14 Sep 2023)

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 a feature film, the project has produced an exhibition, a co-created folk song, an experimental and democratic protocol for recording/archiving, and a community archive collectively owned and managed by the Shieldfield community themselves

As writer, historian and activist, Rebecca Solnit observes:

We are not very good at telling stories about a hundred people doing things

This project asks:

What if we tried?

What people have said: