Project Detail

2Be

Synopsis

2Be is an original, dynamic, musical-documentary about human rights.

Filmed over a period of five months, 2Be follows students from Abbeydale Grange School in Sheffield, UK - a school where over 51 different languages are spoken - as they develop a series of musical sequences about human rights.

The contrast between their revealing personal stories and triumphant performances creates an intimate and inspiring documentary.

Details

Year: 2005
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 30 mins
Format: Beta SP
Director: Eleni Christopoulou
Producer: Reuben Irving
Editor: Eleni Christopoulou
Screenwriter: Eleni Christopoulou
Director of Photography: Steven Gardner
Sound: Simon Hills, Reuben Irving
Composer: James Tolhurst
Principal cast: Muna Abdullahi, Sackenia Blake

Genre

Music Woman Director Asian Black Children’s Drama Dance

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Gorilla Cinema

111 Edward Street Flats
Sheffield
S3 7GH
UK

T +44 (0)845 458 0140

info@gorillacinema.co.uk

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www.gorillacinema.co.uk/2be

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Kevin and Cassandra are a married couple who have lost their only daughter Hannah in a freak car accident. They both raised her differently. Kevin had been a traditional parent, Cassandra a permissive one. While Hannah had decided to exhibit her body and mind online, she cut adrift from her father and gravitates towards her mother. Her death drove a wedge between them. Their lounge becomes a battlefield where incendiary words and spiteful things are said. Their marriage is one where opposites no longer attract. Kevin is filled with loathing for his in-laws, his daughter’s boyfriend, himself. Cassandra wears her daughter’s favorite colours with pride and exhibits her painting on the walls. Kevin finds he is powerless in his home and Cassandra mocks the fact that it was her father who bought it. And when he finally leaves it, he leaves Cassandra forever.

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Director: Hasan Kattan

Year: 2026

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