#BlackBoyJoyGone
Synopsis
Details
- Year
- 2022
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 25 min
- Format
- Digital
- Director
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Ashley Karrell, Isaac Ouro-Gnao
- Producer
- Melanie Abrahams, Ashley Karrell
- Co-Producer
- Hannah Bush Bailey
- Executive Producer
- Lisa Marie Russo
- Editor
- Tonye Mak
- Screenwriter
- Isaac Ouro-Gnao
- Director of Photography
- Robert Macfarlane
- Production Designer
- Rhian Kempadoo - Millar
- Sound
- Robert Wingfield
- Composer
- Randolph Matthews
- Principal cast
- Isaac Ouro-Gnao, Chiedu Oraka, Tunde Ashaolu, Nyall Simms, Daniel Thompson, Winston Anderson, Aaron Broomfield, Greg Rogers, Yasin Farah
Genre
Production Status
Production Company
Supported by Doc Society
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