Northern Souls: Why We’re Here (2021)Eastside Projects, Birmingham (UK)Artist / Director




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Northern Souls: Why We’re here (2021)
> Film / Mini doc
> West Indian migration
> North England

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2021 - Portals, Eastside Projects, Birmingham (UK)


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Northern Souls: Why We’re Here is a documentary directed and produced by okcandice. Later exhibited as part of the exhibition Portals.

The film features an interview with the artist’s grandparents in their living room. The couple discuss their arrival to England from Jamaica in the 1960s; touching upon their first impressions of living in northern England (Sheffield) and how the growing Caribbean community positively impacted the city’s development.

The exhibiton cut zeroes in on the couple’s family heirlooms, the role of the display cabinet in West Indian culture and legacy through collected objects. 

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