CISCO / CITY OF FIRSTS

The City of First campaign celebrates many of the world’s milestone innovations pioneered in Manchester, and introduces the city's’ next first ‘CityVerve’ by Cisco; a blueprint for smarter cities worldwide. Featuring over a dozen Mancunians, the film pays homage to innovations, such as the first public library, passenger railway, football league and first life through IVF. The cast includes Helen Pankhurst, great granddaughter of suffragette movement leader Emmeline Pankhurst; University of Manchester engineering students Alex Agboola-Dobson and Sebastian Preston-Jensen; and seven times gold medal winning Paralympian Jody Cundy. Directed by David Petch through the Sweet Shop.