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Pamilya

Synopsis

When a Filipino victim of modern slavery in the UK stops responding, her rescuers fear the worst. By exploring their own memories and experiences of slavery, her would-be rescuers find strength in their community and resolve to save her.
Official Selection SXSW Film Festival 2024 - International premiere

Details

Year
2023
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
14 min 35 sec
Director
Miles Blacket
Producer
Erin Sayder, Emily Harrison
Executive Producer
Jerad Anderson, Dylan Southern, Tabs Breese, James Drew, Miles Blacket
Editor
Miles Blacket, Eden Read
Screenwriter
Miles Blacket
Director of Photography
Kia Fern Little
Sound
Ethan Lamberton
Composer
Rufus Gibbs
Principal cast
Ana Cauneran, Phoebe Dimicali, Helen Bulusan, Andrea Martinez-Eade, Eva Mayor, Joy H.Jastio

Genre

Experimental Asian Drama

Categories

Documentary

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Plural Potentials

27 Mortimer Street
London
W1T 3BL

Raine Films

2 Bartle Road
W11 1RF

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