CONCRETE SOLDIERS UK

“It’s only when it’s too late, people wake up and realise they are going to loose their home” says Clint, a leaseholder on Central Hill Estate in Gypsy Hill - London.

Concrete Soldiers Uk takes you on an exhilarating journey depicting people's battles against the big developers and Councils, who are splitting apart communities in the name of progress. But seemingly against all odds, these campaigners are winning and showing the way for people power.

“The most successful campaigns are always won by the communities themselves” says Simon Elmer, contributor and activist from ASH.

An inspirational anti-war film interspersed with amazing facts about the Uk housing crisis including the Grenfell Tower disaster and how it feeds into the whole ethnic and social cleansing of the Uk cities.

Shot digitally but with old analogue movie lenses. ...

  • Nikita Woolfe
    Director/Producer
    Roy Eastend Boy
  • Rafal Arciszewski
    Composer
  • Nikita Woolfe
    Camera
    14
  • Luc Beloix
    Additional Camera
  • Chester Yang
    Additional Camera
  • Andy Worthington
    Narrator
  • Andrej Bako
    Sound Design
    The Watchmaker
  • Nikita Woolfe
    Editor
    Cycling Nomads
  • Jonnie-Dean Peace
    Additional camera
  • Dan Davies
    Additional camera
  • Caterina Sartori
    Additional camera
  • Nikita Woolfe
    Sound
  • Jacob Hewlett-Case
    Researcher
  • Gill Hewlett-Case
    production manager
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 3 minutes 8 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    December 8, 2017
  • Production Budget:
    10,000 GBP
  • Country of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Country of Filming:
    United Kingdom
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Architecture + Design Film Festival Winnipeg
    Winnipeg
    Canada
    April 22, 2018
  • NEW CROSS & DEPTFORD FREE FILM FESTIVAL
    London
    United Kingdom
    April 29, 2018
  • Cinema Museum, PREMIERE
    London
    United Kingdom
    December 8, 2017
    Uk premiere
Distribution Information
  • amazon
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: Video on Demand
Director Biography

Nikita graduated in 2007 from Goldsmiths University with her film Roy Eastend Boy, an award winning student film. Now, 10 years later she is bringing us a very different film; Concrete Soldiers Uk. This film is part of a new wave of documentaries - REACTION DOCS, films that informs whilst inspiring an action - a reaction.
In the past, Nikita has worked in many various departments but decided in 2006 that her passion lies within social commentary documentaries. She now runs Woolfe.Vision - a film collective which aims to inspire Social Change whilst supporting new and upcoming filmmakers.

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Director Statement

Never in the last 3 decades has it been more important to take a stand and stay united. Our communities are being ripped apart and our cities taken over by greed.
When I started looking at the problem of regeneration and gentrification it was just a dirty word. Now 5 years later, it’s on everyone’s lips and no one feels secure in their homes.
I saw the problem from the inside, as I followed people around - normal people like you and I, trying to fight the wave of developers buying swathes land, public land which should stay in public hands not sold off to the highest bidder.
People are fighting for their right to a decent home and a community. It's a basic right. The injustices I saw and keep seeing are inhuman and in many cases criminal, but no one takes responsibility. So I realised the only way to change the status quo is by creating a film which could inspire and calvanise more people to join the battle.