“In Leicester in the swinging sixties times were changing. New freedoms and opportunities enabled young people to forge a cultural revolution – and an explosion of working class creative talent began to emerge from the Midlands. It was the rise of the underdog.
When my dad passed away, I discovered some tapes in the attic. Early into the millennium, he’d recorded his memories from the sixties. I’d always been amazed that many of Dad’s teenage friends and contemporaries went on to do brilliant things. And I wanted to know why.
This is the untold story of Leicester’s creative scene, which shines a light on some of those faces who weren’t in the limelight, but ‘moving in the shadows.’”
Joe Nixon
‘Moving in the shadows’ is a 100 minute documentary which features Leicester’s vibrant 1960s Mod scene and showcases the 2019 Mod exhibition. It is written & directed by Joe Nixon, in association with Soft Touch Arts & Arch Creative, with all proceeds split between two charities, Soft Touch Arts & BrightSparks Arts in Mental Health.
Watch the film
A series of two short films of Leicester and Nottingham Mods were created by Arch Creative, alongside young people from Soft Touch Arts and students from DeMontfort University.
The films features Former Newark and Nottingham Mod Alan Fletcher, who was a story consultant on the cult film Quadrophenia and wrote the novel of the same name, and also Roger K Burton, former Leicester Mod who supplied the costumes to the film.
View Alan’s story about the Mod Scene in Nottingham and his reflections about his involvement with Quadrophenia. Keep a look out for the next films coming up in the series.
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