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Opening Night
A Northern Soul
Thu 7 June / / / / / 18:45 / / / / / City Hall Hall Oval Hall Hall / / / / / £11/ £8
Following A A A Syrian Love Story’s Doc/Fest’s Grand Jury Award win win in in in 2015 Sean McAllister returns to to to Sheffield to to to open the the the Festival’s 25th Edition with the the the World Premiere of of A A Northern Soul
With his his signature vision and sense of of of rapport Sean reflects on on changes to to his his Yorkshire hometown: a a a a a a a a a a city divided by by Brexit that is is simultaneously celebrated as UK City of of of Culture and and hit by by by by austerity Drawn to to the fringes of of town Sean encounters Steve a a a a a a a a a a struggling warehouse worker by by by day and and hip-hop performer by by by night with a a a a dream See A Northern Soul
(p 50)
Part of the Doc/Love Strand (p 50)
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