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20 Ways

Synopsis

20 WAYS takes an entertaining and intelligent look at immigration, using humor to explore this contemporary global issue. Inspired by an absurd US article that proposed twenty ways to spot illegals. 20 Ways looks at the danger of profiling through the experience of a Jewish family in 1930's Europe.
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Details

Year
2012
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
14 mins 58 secs
Format
16mm
Director
Peter M Kershaw
Producer
Peter M Kershaw
Executive Producer
Judy disalvo Hennessey
Editor
David Aubrey, Adam Kirk
Screenwriter
Peter M Kershaw
Director of Photography
Anders Uhl
Production Designer
Patrick Mehaffy
Sound
Dave Aston
Composer
Gerald Fried
Principal cast
CHRISTOPHER DEMPSEY, JOE FELDMAN, KATHRYN PHIPPS, LILIANA ASHMAN, JOHN FLAX, OMAR LUX

Genre

Human Rights Comedy Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Duchy Parade Films

20 Glebe Road
Harrogate
North Yorkshire
HG2 0LZ
UK

duchyfilms@gmail.com

Skype - duchypete

Sales Company

Duchy Parade Films

Adam Kirk
2, Railway Cottages
Barlow
SELBY
YO8 8EZ
UK

duchyfilms@gmail.com

Skype - duchypete

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