A short film produced by Louisa Rose Mackleston recording the reaction of the crowds gathered around a large screen inside Bradford City Park on the 31st May 2022 as the cities successful City of Culture 2025 is announced. The film captures the raptured crowds singing and dancing intercut with clips of speeches being made congratulating both the city and its people. Around a large screen in Bradford’s City Park a crowd wait in anticipation on the announcement of who will be named City of...

A short film produced by Louisa Rose Mackleston recording the reaction of the crowds gathered around a large screen inside Bradford City Park on the 31st May 2022 as the cities successful City of Culture 2025 is announced. The film captures the raptured crowds singing and dancing intercut with clips of speeches being made congratulating both the city and its people. Around a large screen in Bradford’s City Park a crowd wait in anticipation on the announcement of who will be named City of Culture 2025. A South Asian woman holds up a placard that reads ‘Our Time Our Place. Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture Bid’. The crowd goes silent as on the screen a woman announces Bradford as 2025 UK City of Culture causing the crowd to go wild. On a nearby stage a man shouts, ‘we bloody did it!’ as blue and white smoke is released from the screaming crowd. A message on the large screen now reads ‘Bradford is UK City of Culture 2025’ while back on the stage the Leader of Bradford Council Councillor Susan Hinchcliffe, shouts out to the crowd followed by a second woman, their comments appear on screen. Title: This is us, this is our time It’s all of us united, keep this place alive, we are Bradford baby ‘til we die People continue to celebration this victory by dancing and hugging, many with smartphones film themselves celebrating beside the large screen which still reads ‘Bradford is UK City of Culture 2025.’ Television cameras beside the stage film a man reading a statement, some of his words appear on the screen. Title: Hugh joint achievement… remarkable place He is replaced by a woman who tells the media and crowd Title: Gonna have an incredible year! People continue to dance in jubilation; a young woman is interviewed, and her comments are highlighted on the screen. Title: The only way in forward now, so many opportunities for young people, artists, creatives, Bradford on the map in a proper way End title: Bradford is UK City of Culture 2025