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Angel films bring community together

Date: 28/08/2008

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Dancers perform during the filming of one of the short films
Gateshead Council has premiered a series of short films commissioned to celebrate the Angel of the North's tenth anniversary and look at what the sculpture means to the whole community.
The highly acclaimed shorts have involved thousands of local people and more than 30 schools across the region as part of an artistic community outreach programme.

The films are now available to watch on the council's website by visiting www.itsmyangel.com and clicking on the multi-media section.

Community engagement has been a big part of the year of celebrations for the Angel and the finished results were hugely well received at a VIP premier screening in the Tyneside Cinema.

Linda Green, cabinet member for culture at Gateshead Council said:

"These remarkable short films really showcase the talents of not just our excellent local artists but also the ordinary people in the community. I think the one thing these films highlight is how much local people have taken the Angel to their hearts and how much it means to the North East as a region.

"This year has been a really exciting celebration of culture, art and community engagement and these short films are a perfect example of this."

Stella Hall, Creative Director of culture10 based at NewcastleGateshead Initiative, said:
"The Angel of the North has done so much to put NewcastleGateshead on the map and to help promote it as a vibrant and cultural place to live. These films powerfully show this, not only revealing the importance of the Angel to local people, but also how it had also sparked their own creativity and passion. It underlines the value of such ambitious public art projects to the cultural life of cities and their residents."

The films

· 'Angel 10' by She's Gott It! uses local people as part of a professional dance piece to celebrate the Angel. Ten individual groups of people worked with a choreographer in this outdoor piece that uses the beating heart of the Angel as its theme.
· Far North by Ellie Land discovers what drivers make of the imposing figure looming over the A1 and the A167 roads.
· Angelus Septentrio by Anton Hecht. Working with older people's groups in Gateshead and renowned poet, Kevin Cadwallenger he creates a poem about the Angel of the North. The film takes the viewer on a journey from Gateshead Quays to the Angel of the North.
· Where does the Angel Go? by Olwyn Hocking and Julie Nicholson. An animation piece by young people's groups from across Gateshead this film takes a dream like peek at where the Angel goes when nobody is around to see it.
· Animated Angels by Robin Webb uses contributions from more than 60 people to build a series of animations about what angels mean to us all.

To view the films go to www.itsmyangel.com or visit Gateshead Civic Centre where the films are being shown on the information screens.
 

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