The Brutus boys attended a very special night with the one the only Elaine Constantine, to catch a glimpse into a very personal project some 10 years in the making.

As a freelance photographer Elaine Constantine was a regular contributor to the style bibles The Face and i-D. Her photographs of the intimacy and euphoria shared by teenagers at live gigs burst some colour into the grunge aesthetic associated with the 90s.

It is a lifelong fascination with youth culture and an obsession with 60s American Soul music that has inspired Elaine to work towards her first full-length feature film, on the phenomenally popular Northern Soul scene that swept the North of England during the 70s.

‘This is a story I’ve been desperate to tell all my life!”

‘Northern Soul’ is a film about a movement that grew in the nightclubs of industrial northwest England, which brought together a young and faithful crowd who shared a desire to break out of working life on the production line and express themselves on the dancefloor.

Elaine started a dance club 2 years ago, aiming to introduce young kids to the raw energy of Northern Soul. The club has rapidly grown in popularity and we were treated to a spellbinding performance of high Kicks, fast spins and neck-breaking acrobatics, by the talented cast of dancers who will now star in the film.

Elaine’s enthusiasm is infectious and her love and knowledge of subject will undoubtedly provide an authentic insight into what it must have felt like to belong to a pure, unspoilt and underground scene.

Brutus have supplied Trimfit shirts and original jeans for the dancers and filming is due to start early in 2012. We wish Elaine and all the team the best of luck with this enthralling project.

Read more about the film and watch the teaser here:
http://www.northernsoulthefilm.com