Producer
Musician James Edwin Lane explores his personal battle with agoraphobia through the creation of a new genre: the folkloric film ballad. Working with non-professional actors in the mythic landscape of his native county Durham, James builds a film narrative around his original composition, The Heron Man.
Producer
A teenage girl visits her grandmother to get her Afro hair done, something that takes hours and requires rituals filled with patience and care. Drawing on her own experience, filmmaker Amber Akaunu captures an intimate moment that celebrates a central part of many black women’s lives.
Executive Producer
Celebrating urban bird song, a blackbird finds its voice in the streets of Manchester.
Producer
In 2017 Tyneside Cinema turned 80.