Project Detail

A-ZU-RE

Synopsis

A-ZU-RE is an adolescent streetchild with dark skin and blue eyes, who sleeps on the beach with his younger friend Vincent - and ekes out a precarious living by day. Azure gets involved with a local gangster, Gerald, who renames him Blue, and sends him out to sell drugs on the streets. The drugs soon get stolen and the boys incur Gerald's wrath. Gerald captures Vincent and it is up to Azure to rescue him.

Details

Year
2003
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
23 mins 42 secs
Format
Beta SP
Director
Meg Rickards
Producer
Margot Moses
Co-Producer
Margot Moses
Editor
Jocelyn Wortley
Screenwriter
Meg Rickards
Sound
James Copeland
Composer
Christopher Tin
Principal cast
Unathi Emmanuel Speelman, Ray Meas, Kurt Schoonraad, Makhosazene Helen Kunene
Lighting Cameraman
Paula Huidobro
Camera Operator
Heinekin De Vos

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

The London Film School

24 Shelton Street
London WC2H 9UB
UK

T+44 (0)20 7836 9642

c.bright@lfs.org.uk

Sales Company

The London Film School

24 Shelton Street
London WC2H 9UB
UK

T+44 (0)20 7836 9642

c.bright@lfs.org.uk

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