A special commission as part of the 100 Years of Stainless Steel celebrations The Big Melt is a feature length elegy to the men and women who toiled in Sheffield's steelworks and a hymn to Britain's proud industrial past. Working with Sheffield's own musical hero Jarvis Cocker acclaimed director Martin Wallace has woven an exquisite tapestry of steel industry-related archival footage drawn from the BFI National Archive. Jarvis also provides the film's stirring musical accompaniment collaborating with a raft of Sheffield's finest musicians including a string quartet... a brass band members of PULP Richard Hawley The Forgemasters and a youth choir. Performed live at Sheffield's celebrated Crucible Theatre at Doc/Fest 2013. The DVD includes the full archive-based film plus a recording of the live event. Special Features: Feature length archive-based film Recording of the live performance from Sheffield International Doc Fest 2014 Interviews with Martin Wallace and Jarvis Cocker Fully illustrated booklet with essays by Jarvis Cocker Martin Wallace and BFI curators [show more]
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Martin Wallace and Jarvis Cocker direct this documentary about the history of the steel industry in Sheffield. The film features silent footage from the BFI National Archive with a music soundtrack by Cocker, who is accompanied by some Sheffield musicians.
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