Heart of The Pools

Heart of The Pools

Heart of The Pools

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Heart of The Pools

"It can't be true, can it?"

2014

0h 13m

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Overview

The North-East in recent times has been compared to Detroit; An area built on a now defunct industry and left to wreck and ruin by its loss. This is a short documentary about how Hartlepool deals with these problems and soldiers on through a sense of collective identity born of myth.

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