Project Detail

Black Snow

Name: Black Snow
Director: Stephen Linstead
Released: 2017
Duration: 22 min 58 sec

Synopsis

Winner of the UKRI/AHRC Best Research Film 2018 Award, and over 60 other awards and official selections globally, Black Snow looks at the explosion at the Oaks Colliery in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, which despite being the world’s worst industrial loss of life in the 19th century, was a tragedy that remained relatively unremembered until 2015, when a group of ex-miners, trade unionists, and local historians attempted to raise money to erect a memorial for its 150th anniversary. The film tells three interlocking stories: the story of a historical community devastated by the disaster, struggling to survive; the story of a contemporary community, decimated by the loss of industry, rediscovering itself in the struggle to remember; and the story of a sculptor, struggling to make one last masterpiece. It features an original score by BBC Radio 2 Folk Award nominee Jed Grimes and Mercury Music Prize winner Robin File.

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Details

Year: 2017
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 22 min 58 sec
Format: PAL HD 1920 x 1080 16:9
Director: Stephen Linstead
Producer: Andy Lawrence
Co-Producer: Stephen Linstead
Editor: Stephen Linstead, Andy Lawrence
Screenwriter: Stephen Linstead
Director of Photography: Andy Lawrence
Production Designer: Bryan Ledgard
Sound: Stephen Linstead
Composer: Jed Grimes, Rob File
Principal cast: Tony Banks, John Bercow, Bob Chiswick, Peter Davies, Paul Hardman, Graham Ibbeson, Dan Jarvis, Stephen Linstead, Stephen Miller, Barry Moore, Andrew Munro, Anne Munro, Victoria Munro, Chris Skidmore, Steve Wyatt.
Sound Recording: Andy Lawrence
Sound Assistance: Martha-Cecilia Dietrich, Leah Vinter Sonne
Still Photography: Marianne Atkinson, Paul Hardman, Andy Lawrence Bryan Ledgard, Stephen Linstead

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Bellebete Productions, Filmmaking for Fieldwork

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