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Choked

A mixed race woman looks directly into the camera with her hands around her own neck, lying against orange velvet pillows.

Synopsis

Shakona doesn't always want to be treated so nicely, sometimes she wants to feel like the world does: chaotic. Yet she can't get her devoted and loving boyfriend Eddie to meet her needs, so she goes to where all good decisions are made, a hookup app. Just as it seems like Shakona is finally letting go, she has the chance to take power into her own hands...

Details

Year
2026
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
9 min 30 sec
Format
Digital
Director
Travis Alabanza
Producer
Isabella Bassett
Executive Producer
Lena Dunham, Jess Wheeler
Editor
Kuba Sobieski
Screenwriter
Travis Aabanza
Director of Photography
Michael Filocamo
Production Designer
Paix Robinson, BFDG
Sound
Heather Andrews
Composer
Freddie Lewis
Principal cast
Elle Fierce, Craig Hamilton, Kim Tatum, Mika Johnson

Genre

Black Comedy Drama LGBTQIA+

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Post-production

Production Company

Supported by BFI NETWORK

Compatible Film & TV

Isabella Bassett
The Whisky Bond
2 Dawson Road
Glasgow
G4 9SS

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