Project Detail

Brown Like Me

Wade Jacks

Synopsis

An intergenerational film, focusing on Nina, a young Indian girl who’s working through all the outcomes she could face by telling her parents about her Black Jamaican boyfriend. She’s definitely made up her mind to do it today, tonight. Nothing is going to stop her this time. Nothing.

Details

Year: 2016
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 8 min
Format: High Definition
Director: Wade Alphonso Jacks
Producer: Sonia Rai
Executive Producer: Ann Tobin
Editor: David Fox, Matt Robinson
Screenwriter: Sonia Rai
Director of Photography: Balazs Bolygo
Sound: Pink Dutt Roy
Composer: Stoppa - Patrina Morris
Principal cast: Nina Bhirangi- Charubala Chokshi- Gurdial Sira

Genre

LGBTQIA+ Asian Black Comedy Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Buffalo San Films

Wade Jacks

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