Project Detail

Blackwool

Shonagh Kelly

Synopsis

On her first day at a high school in rural Scotland, a London teenager is targeted for her afro hair by cocksure class bully and must harness her inner power.
Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival 2023 - World premiere

Details

Year: 2023
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 15 min 0 sec
Director: Eubha Akilade
Producer: Jack Gemmell, Sophie Chater
Executive Producer: Gillian Berrie, Tiernan Kelly, Miriam Newman, Iria Pizania, Sean Greenhorn
Editor: Mark Fraser
Screenwriter: Eubha Akilade
Director of Photography: Andrew O'Connor
Production Designer: Iveta Smidt
Sound: David McKeitch
Composer: Taneka Miles
Principal cast: Miriam Nyarko, William Alexander, Lucianne McEvoy

Genre

Scottish Woman Director Black Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Supported by BFI NETWORK

Black Wool Film Ltd

3/1 12 Arundel Drive
Glasgow
G42 9RF

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Black Wool Film Ltd

3/1 12 Arundel Drive
Glasgow
G42 9RF

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