“Encounters in the Black Arts: The Great North,” with writer-director Jenn Nkiru a liquid blackness Benefit Screening

From the venue:

liquid blackness (http://liquidblackness.com) is excited to announce its first benefit screening of THE GREAT NORTH (2024) from the visionary British-Nigerian artist and filmmaker Jenn Nkiru. The screening will be followed by a conversation with the filmmaker, returning to Atlanta for a liquid blackness event for the third time since 2019, and a reception at Sweet Auburn BBQ. 

Commissioned by Manchester International Festival, THE GREAT NORTH, is a kinetic and vibrant art film on the unattended to histories of Manchester’s Black, Asian, and Irish communities and their connections to the histories of African peoples in the US South, Mali, West Indies, and beyond. Told through the city’s urban architecture, original footage, archival research, and oral histories, THE GREAT NORTH captures the Pan-African throughlines that define the city and its diverse people while exploring how space is used to make and unmake peoples and cultures.