Asunder - Cinema Seventeen Nineteen

Part of the #LoveSunderlandHeritage Fortnight!

The story of what happened to an English town during World War One with almost all of its men fighting abroad and its women and children left behind. The North East was in the front line, thanks to its shipyards and munitions factories.
Further Info
This screening is brought to you by Sunderland Shorts Film Festival and Film Hub North as part of the Spotlight Sunderland project which aims to develop and build film opportunities for audiences in the City.
Find out more about Sunderland Shorts Film Festival: https://sunderlandshorts.co.uk/
Find out more about Film Hub North: https://filmhubnorth.org.uk
Find out more about Seventeen Nineteen: https://www.visitchurches.org.uk/visit/church-listing/holy-trinity-sunderland.html
We hope you enjoy the show!
This is an accessible location, if any further details are required don't hesitate to get in touch: [email protected]
Seventeen Nineteen, Holy Trinity Church, Church Street East, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear, SR1 2BB

Using archive and contemporary footage and audio, this film collages the stories of people from Tyneside and Wearside to uncover just what life was like on the home front, with bombs falling on Britain for the first time, conscientious objectors sentenced to death, and women working as doctors, tram conductors and footballers. The narrative moves from an Edwardian golden era, in which sport grew in popularity and aircraft and cars pointed to a bright new future, to a war that horrifically reversed this progress. In the Battle of the Somme, British, French and German armies fought one of the most traumatic battles in military history. Over the course of just four months, more than one million soldiers were captured, wounded or killed in a confrontation of unimaginable horror.

ASUNDER (2016)

Rating: PG

Director

Esther Johnson

Producer

Esther Johnson

Executive Producer

14-18 NOW and Sunderland Cultural Partnership

Narrated by

Kate Adie

Alun Armstrong

Tickets - £3

Available online or from the box office at the venue.

Agenda

Thursday, 23rd May 2024

Doors & Bar Open - 18:30

Film Start Time - 19:30

Event End Time - 21:00 (Approx.)

Further Info

This screening is brought to you by Sunderland Shorts Film Festival and Film Hub North as part of the Spotlight Sunderland project which aims to develop and build film opportunities for audiences in the City.

Find out more about Sunderland Shorts Film Festival: https://sunderlandshorts.co.uk/

Find out more about Film Hub North: https://filmhubnorth.org.uk

Find out more about Seventeen Nineteen: https://www.visitchurches.org.uk/visit/church-listing/holy-trinity-sunderland.html

We hope you enjoy the show!

This is an accessible location, if any further details are required don't hesitate to get in touch: [email protected]

Host or Publisher Seventeen Nineteen