his is a story
of a youth c
ulture th
at changed a
generation
and influence
d songwrit
ers, p
roducers, D
Js and d
esigner
s for de
cades to come.
This is the st
ory of Northe
rn Soul.
Award-winning d
irector
Elaine Con
stantine has re
cently c
omplete
d filming h
er first featu
re-length
film Northern S
oul, with an i
ntended cin
ematic r
elease in
Spring / Summer
2013. T
he film
tells the t
ale of two
Northern boys w
hose worlds ar
e change
d forever
when the
y discover
black A
merican so
ul music. N
orthern Sou
l was phe
nomenally po
pular with Bri
tish youth
s in the
1970s, ta
king the
North of the
country by
storm. Nor
thern Soul t
he film in
tends to appea
l to tho
se generation
s of fans while
attracting a
modern audience
who can relate
to youth cul
ture from a
nother era. If
you were th
ere, you’l
l know.
If you
weren’t
there, you
’ll wish you
had bee
n.　　his
is a st
ory of a yout
h culture that
changed a
generation and
influenced so
ngwriters, pr
oducers,