Whitby Weekender is 60 minute documentary film about Northern Soul made with the artist Ellen Cantor between 2005 and 2007. It was shot during the Togetherness Soul Weekender in Whitby, North Yorkshire in July 2005. It contains a Northern Soul dance lesson for Ellen and personal interviews between Ellen and three of my childhood friends exploring their emotional attachments to the Northern Soul scene and talking frankly about their early sexual experiences. It includes an interview with the soul singer Alexander Patten, who performed at the event. It has been screened at several international galleries including Sketch (London), V&A (London), Broel Museum (Belgium), Künstbunker (Nuremburg) and Künsterlhaus (Stuttgart).

The video begins with the Northern Soul dance lesson I gave to Ellen before we set off for Whitby. You can watch that here.

In the sequence that follows Ellen narrates the story behind the making of Whitby Weekender before her interview with Napper (Mark Trapps).

In the following sequences she interviews my friends Andy Cummings, Jorge Lewis and the soul singer Alexander Patten.

You can watch the whole 60 minute video below.