A cinema so beloved that Ridley Scott shows up to celebrate its toilets.
Direction
Ayre lets locals tell the story, not celebrities.
Production
Gorgeous archival footage of 1937 Newcastle.
Director
Alex Ayre
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tyneside Cinema is one of only three purpose-built newsreel theatres remaining in the UK, surviving both WWII bombs and 1970s porn-era 'fleapit' decline.
The 2017 closure scare that sparked this documentary mirrors a UK-wide crisis of independent cinemas—yet Tyneside's community ownership model has since inspired similar rescues in Bradford and Birmingham.
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