Project Detail

Dear Mr Shakespeare

Synopsis

A reinterpretation of Shakespeare's Othello; an exploration of Shakespeare's intentions when writing Othello, exploring the play's racial themes in a historical and contemporary setting and drawing wider parallels between immigration and blackness in the UK today.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2017 - Create Strand

Details

Year
2016
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
5 mins
Format
digital
Director
Shola Amoo
Producer
Rienkje Attoh
Executive Producer
Anne Beresford
Editor
Mdhamiri A Nkemi
Screenwriter
Phoebe Boswell
Director of Photography
Stil Williams
Production Designer
Tamar Clarke Brown
Sound
Phil Hutchins
Composer
Segun Akinola
Principal cast
Phoebe Boswell, Ashley Thomas, Lanre Malaolu, Elisa Lasowski

Production Status

Production Company

AMI Production (A Moving Image Production)

Shola Amoo

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