Screening of the documentary 'Northern Soul: Still Burning', directed by Alan Byron, exploring the legacy of the Northern Soul scene, as part of Electric Palace Hastings' First Tuesdays series.
Electric Palace is screening Northern Soul: Still Burning on Tuesday 1 December, from 7:30 PM to 9:15 PM. It's part of the cinema's First Tuesdays series, a monthly rockumentary night that keeps the bar open and pairs each film with a local business, musician or artist. This one is presented in association with Hastings Northern Soul Club.
Directed by Alan Byron, the film is a docu-celebration of Northern Soul, the cultural phenomenon that took hold in the working-class communities of the North and the Midlands in the late 1960s and 70s. It brought together youth culture and rare, overlooked uptempo American soul music, and the film charts its enduring legacy. It looks at the scene's roots and the celebrated all-nighters at the legendary Wigan Casino, and how the movement has reinvented itself across the decades, remaining as thriving and relevant today as when it first evolved. Byron's work has received widespread critical acclaim.
The documentary is built around a long list of interviews. You'll hear from Richard and Judith Searling, Paul Mason, Elaine Constantine, Kev Roberts, Russ Winstanley, David Nathan, Wayne Hemingway, Dave Evison, Keith Gildart, Levanna McLean and Tony Blackburn, with contributions from Joe Boy, dancer Jordan Wilson and poster designer Brian Rigby. Between them, they cover the music, the dancing, the rare records and the community that grew around it all.
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It's a Tuesday night at the Electric Palace, 39A High Street, TN34 3ER, running from 7:30 PM to 9:15 PM. The bar stays open throughout, and since it's a First Tuesdays night, it's as much about the social side as the film itself.
