DVD’s produced by Northeastern Films available to buy from the
Information Desk, Central Library, South Shields.

‘THE HILLS OF HOLBORN’ £7.00 (28mins) 2010
Local documentary maker Gary Wilkinson created the film ‘The Hills of Holborn’
to capture life in this part of South Shields riverside before the whole area
undergoes a major transformation. Narrated & Presented by Angus McDonald.

‘ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE NORTH’ £7.00 (32mins) 2010
Once Upon a Time in the North is the story of local music in South Tyneside
from the 1960’s to the 80’s. Musicians tell their stories of the highs and lows
of being involved in the local music scene. The film uses archive material,
video footage and has interviews with Lou Taylor, Kev Charlton, Duncan Binnie,
Vince High, Joe Peterson and many more…….
Written & Narrated by Colin Smoult.

‘LITTLE IRELAND’ £10.00 (40mins) 2009
‘Little Ireland’ looks at the influx of the Irish into Jarrow from the middle of
the nineteenth century, their impact on the town and how they helped
shape the community. Filmed in Jarrow at the end of 2008, the film for
the first time captures what it meant to be Irish in Jarrow.
Written & Narrated by Tom Kelly.
Premiered on St Patrick’s Day 2009 at The Customs House, South Shields.

‘ON THE FRONT LINE’ £8.00 (18mins) 2008
What impact did the miner’s strike of 1984-85 have on South Shields?
Gary Wilkinson spoke to miners and their families and in this film
there is four passionate voices taken from those interviews, people
with a need to tell their stories of what it meant to be on the front line:
a year that would shape and change their lives forever.
‘On the Front Line’ is a story that must be told of a year that we should
never forget.Narrated by Tom Kelly.

‘JARROW VOICES’ £7.00 (15mins) 2009
The film captures two iconic events associated with Jarrow:
the gibbeting of William Jobling in 1832, the last man gibbeted in the North,
and over one hundred years later, in 1936, the Jarrow Crusade. It also
includes the contribution to the Crusade of Ellen Wilkinson, the town’s
fiery M.P. ‘Jarrow Voices’ was written and narrated by Tom Kelly.
Premiered on 12th December 2009 at the International Human Rights Day
at Newcastle City Library.

For further information contact:

Gary Wilkinson Film Maker
NORTHEASTERN FILMS
T: 0191 456 3594
M: 07949 328 066

http://www.northeasternfilms.co.uk/