100 People: A Portrait of Coexistence is an experimental feature that articulates a complex and incomplete story of ordinary people and how they matter.
A film-portrait of Shieldfield, a small residential neighbourhood located just outside the city centre of Newcastle upon Tyne, ‘100 People’ is an ambitious film that combines several conversations between residents and workers, diverse in age, ethnicity, and economic background, to create a complicated and multi-voiced portrait of coexistence.
Once an area of farming and horticulture, Shieldfield was transformed into a bustling residential neighbourhood. Today, following its industrial decline, the neighbourhood and its people are establishing an array of strategies to connect and inspire amidst increasing social and economic predicaments.
Led by artist Andrew Wilson, cinematography by film-maker Evripidis Karydis, and with an original score from cellist Ceitidh Mac and composer Anna Hughes, the film is a poetic, funny and often moving reflection on our not-to-distant past, precarious present, and an everyday collective-resistance.
This film is available for screenings within cinemas, community groups and other groups, collectives or institutions. If you are interested in screening this film please contact us at: 100peopleshieldfield@gmail.com
“It made me really consider what communities I’m part of and whether I could do more to make more of these communities” – Dr Sarah Campbell, Senior Lecturer in Irish/British History, Newcastle University