Project Detail

A Strange Jig

Synopsis

My Mum's a Morris dancing vicar. Her Morris dancing friends are a diverse bunch, an opera singer, a long distance lorry driver and an engineer, united by this odd English tradition. By day they hold down responsible jobs, by night they dress in eccentric disguise and dance a strange jig.

Details

Year
2004
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
5 mins
Format
DigiBeta
Director
Carmen Montanez-Callan
Producer
G D Jayalakshmi, Pam Hague
Editor
Iona Fabian
Screenwriter
Carmen Montanez-Callan
Director of Photography
Derek Firmin, Peter Tibble, Malcolm Crowe
Sound
Iona Fabian
Composer
Traditional (excerpts of Morris music from festival environment)
Principal cast
Reverend Wendy Callan, Jasmine Mohammed, Lydia Mohammed, Quentin Hayes, Lesley Badcock, Chris Howe

Production Status

Production Company

Carmen Montanez-Callan

The Vicarage
Church Street
Shipton-Under-Wychwood
Oxfordshire OX7 6BP
UK

T+44 (0)7929 843441

shelovesshoes@hotmail.com

Sales Company

Carlton Television

Gas Street
Birmingham
B1 2JT
UK

T/F+44 (0)121 634 4365

desna.Atkinson@carltontv.co.uk

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