Project Detail

Azan: A Call To Prayer

Synopsis

Fazaila is a Shia-Muslim teenager from East London whose mum thinks she's becoming 'too English'. This first film by her cousin Heena explores Fazaila's need to find her own way.

Details

Year: 2007
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 9 mins 11 secs
Format: DV
Director: Heena Bukhari
Producer: Anton Califano, Mark Raeburn
Editor: Irina Hoss
Director of Photography: Mark Raeburn
Composer: Graham Jeffery
Production Executive: Cairo Cannon (Film London)
Sound-Recordist: Darko Mocilnikar
Sound-Designer: Fabrice Pougnard

Genre

Woman Director Asian Black Children’s

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Redcurrent Films

45 Byron Street
Hove
BN3 5BB
UK

T +44 (0)1273 203793

info@redcurrentfilms.com

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www.redcurrentfilms.com

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