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Bradford Young: Cinema is the Weapon

Name: Bradford Young: Cinema is the Weapon
Director: Corine Dhondee
Genre: Woman Director, Black
Released: 2019
Duration: 8 min

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Synopsis

Exploring Oscar and BAFTA-nominated cinematographer Bradford Young's early works - Outlining Young’s location within a lineage of visual artists who he always claims as inspirations as well as echo chambers, and who are actively formulating a new black aesthetics. (liquid blackness)

Details

Year: 2019
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 8 min
Director: Corine Dhondee
Producer: Corine Dhondee
Editor: Corine Dhondee
Director of Photography: Jermaine Edwards
Sound: Judi Lee Headman AMPS, MPSE, BAFTA
Composer: Jali Musa Jawara, Benjamin Kokoro Aderounmu

Genre

Woman Director Black

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Corine Dhondee

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