An amateur film made of the 1990 Lingfield Carnival produced by Roy Duncan that begins with costumed children making their way to the starting line of a procession that will make its way through this East Cleveland village as part of the carnival. Accompanied by members of the Abasindi Co-Operative, a black woman’s collective from Manchester, the children parade through the village arriving at a showground where they perform a traditional African dance routine they have been taught. The film...

An amateur film made of the 1990 Lingfield Carnival produced by Roy Duncan that begins with costumed children making their way to the starting line of a procession that will make its way through this East Cleveland village as part of the carnival. Accompanied by members of the Abasindi Co-Operative, a black woman’s collective from Manchester, the children parade through the village arriving at a showground where they perform a traditional African dance routine they have been taught. The film ends with the women from the Abasindi Co-Operative performing another traditional routine. The filmmaker makes deliberate use of some camera tricks including the use of an ultra-wide-angle lens in places as well speeding up certain sequences. A brief view showing the entrance to Middlesbrough Tower, part of what was then Teesside Polytechnic in Middlesbrough. Title: Lingdale Carnival Outside a community hall in the village of Lingdale a decorative palm tree made from tissue paper over a wireframe and colourful banners hanging off the building. A horse is run past down the street outside the hall. In the road several giant puppets and children in homemade costumes. More children in various costumes make their way down to the road where members of the Abasindi Co-Operative are also standing. The costumed children make their way through the village to the starting point of a procession with two policemen on horseback following them part of the way. At the start another policeman watches for traffic which still speeds along the road where the costumed children are standing. A woman in a decorative peacock costume walks past and a brass band sits or stands waiting beside their instruments. More views of the costumed children standing in the road. The procession gets underway with the brass band leading the way followed by seven soldiers in dress uniform. The Carling How Gala Queen is driven past in the back of a pickup truck. She is followed by the children and their giant puppets accompanied by the Abasindi Co-Operative who play various percussion instruments. A policeman on horseback follows the parade which also include the Whitby Jets Juvenile Jazz Band and a small girl sitting in a sailing boat which is being towed by car. Members of the Abasindi Co-Operative arrive at a showground and along with the costumed children perform a traditional African dance routine for the watching crowds. Two men and a woman chat with the police officers on horseback while back on the showground three women from Abasindi perform another traditional dance that features both spears and shields accompanied by other members on drums. End title: Lingdale Carnival