Weave a future, hope and peace

flashy · 26-09-2011, 10:50

thought some of you may be interested in this, it's a piece of work done with the help of our very own Jedimaster and children from Burnley, he also appears in it

very well done Matt, it speaks volumes about the weaving industry in Lancashire xxx

Margaret Pilkington · 26-09-2011, 12:24

An excellent bit of film. Brought back some memories.
Seeing the spinning mules and the weaving looms.
Well made JediMaster.

katex · 01-10-2011, 18:05

Thanks for putting that up, Flashy, and well done to Jedimaster ...

Gremlin · 04-10-2011, 07:48

Would the steam engine be called Peace and run the Queens Mill?

If so I turned a fit the main bearing bolts in the Wakes weeks holiday 1961 during a overhaul.

Nice bit of film, every little bit of our long gone cotton trade should be recorded.

Bob Dobson · 04-10-2011, 09:38

EXCELLENT. The wording of the spoken lines - first class. I would have preferred it if the participants had not been seen to be reading ,but that is a minor matter. I specially liked the piston moving in and out when there was a line being repeated.

flashy · 04-10-2011, 17:28

i think Jedi said it was done at Queens Mill and Helmshore Gremlin

jedimaster · 12-10-2011, 13:07

just found this thread, it was done at both helmshore and queen street the poem itself was cowritten by the whole group and finalised by the wonderful Tony Walsh http://longfella.co.uk/ the young people involved all come from difficult backgrounds so getting them on camera in the first place was a real challenge and achievement for them. This was a great project run by REELmcr http://www.reelmcr.co.uk/ and was a pleasure to work on (even if I ended up in the film)

cashman · 12-10-2011, 14:46

Nice one Jedi,great bit o film,a lost part of lancs.

jedimaster · 13-10-2011, 08:14

thanks cashy but as i said the real credit goes to the young people of burnley and the guys at reelmcr who overcame great odds (including a break-in and having most of their equipment and footage stolen) to make and star in the film. There is also a full documentary done by the kids to be premiered nearer christmas. The whole point of the project is to put these local kids back in touch with their local heritage thier group and individual achievements on this have been amazing. Here is some more footage of the work the kids did

jedimaster · 05-12-2011, 20:34

Just thought you might like to see the next installment of the project. The premiere of the documentary is to be shown at the Burnley Mechanics on the 5th Feb at approx. 3/4pm and as far as I am aware this is to be a free event. Along with the premiere there is also to be an exhibition of the project photography by yours truly, consisting of a 3 piece collage exhibition depicting firstly, the backdrop to the project, secondly, the people of the project and thirdly, the industry around the project. There will also be a digital exhibition of the project photography which I am currently working on.

So here for your exclusive viewing are the drafts of the 3 collages.

Please bear in mind that these are compressed drafts and not the final pieces yet, as there is still some tweaking to do!

Hope you enjoy!

mobertol · 06-12-2011, 14:46

Missed this thread when first posted - congratulations Jedi on your part in a really well-executed project -have enjoyed all the footage and the photo collages look great too.

Keep up the good work