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Heritage Reels: Shipbuilding
Part of Heritage Reels
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- Price
- Pay As You Feel (£3/£5/£7)
- Running time
- 1 hour 30 minutes
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Event description
A screening of three films about legacy of shipbuilding on Wearside and Tyneside.
We Make Ships (1987)
Tom Pickard, poet and documentary filmmaker, returns to the shipyards in Sunderland for 6 months. During this period the Austin and Pickersgill yard experiences a financial crisis and two ships are launched onto the River Wear.
Launch (1974)
The launch at the end of a Wallsend Street of World Unicorn, one of a series of oil tankers built by Swan Hunter: it opens up on the epic experience of shipbuilding communities.
With All the Will in the World (2018)
In 1988, the last shipyard in Sunderland closes, ending 600 years of tradition. Thirty years later, amidst the biggest regeneration project in its history, a £133 million bridge is built in it’s place. Has the city recovered and is there a future on the Wear? A reflection on history and hope as told by the shipbuilders themselves.
The films will be followed by a talk from Alex Sherriff (Sunderland Maritime Heritage) about his experiences in the shipyards.
Heritage Reels
This screening is part of our Heritage Reels programme – a curated programme of talks
alongside archive films and heritage themed documentaries.
Art Centre Washington’s film programme is supported by Film Hub North with National Lottery funding on behalf of the BFI Film Audience Network.
