A documentary series in six parts
Night Shift
Between midnight and six the port does not stop. We spent a winter filming the people who keep it moving while the rest of the city sleeps.
Latest
The three newest films
Every episode is free, stays up, and runs under twenty-five minutes.
Last bus, first bus
A driver who finishes the last service at 01:40 and starts the first at 04:55, and the three hours in between.
The bakery on Dock Road
Three ovens, two bakers and the six hundred rolls that have to be on the quay by five.
Two cranes
Forty metres up, in a cab the size of a cupboard, moving boxes that weigh thirty tonnes each.
The series
One night, one job, one film
Each episode follows a single person through a single shift. There is no narration and no interview chair. We arrive when they start, leave when they finish, and cut what is left into fifteen or twenty minutes. Nobody is paid to appear and nobody sees the film before it goes out, which is agreed in writing before we film a frame.
Night Shift
- 06
- Episodes outOf a planned eight
- 98
- Minutes in totalThe whole run so far
- 41
- Nights filmedNovember to March
- 2
- People in the crewCamera and sound, nothing else
It is meant to be watched in order
Episode one is the pilot boat, and everything that follows leans on it. Twelve minutes to find out whether this is for you.