Fearless
Synopsis
The film uses archive film and photography to interweave pivotal moments in women’s social history with the interviewees’ memories of life in Britain. These are the moments and movements that impacted women then and now. They include the Notting Hill uprising and the fight for racial equality in housing and jobs. The immigrant workers’ rights fought for by the Grunwick factory strikers and the lengths mothers went to in order to ensure their children received a proper education.
Today, these fearless women are almost invisible to modern society, but as the film shows, they are still vibrant, engaging and full of mischievous fun.
Details
- Year
- 2022
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 68 min
- Format
- Digital
- Director
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Noella Mingo 1st Feature
- Producer
- Damian Paul Daniel
- Co-Producer
- Noella Mingo
- Executive Producer
- Damian Paul Daniel, Noella Mingo
- Editor
- Ken Mizutani
- Screenwriter
- Noella Mingo
- Director of Photography
- Damian Paul Daniel
- Production Designer
- N/A
- Sound
- Damian Paul Daniel
- Composer
- Joe Dworniak
- Principal cast
- Sheila Daniel, Nages Amirthanathar, Anne Gaché, Margaret Kelly, Nashattar Kang, Aileen Mingo
- Additional Photography
- Bernard Kelly
- Archive Researcher
- Fenella McGuire
- Music Supervision
- Oliver Jay, Lisa McCaffrey
- Interviewers
- Vaani Parek, Ravi Kang, Lex Leo-Kelly
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
They're Watching Us
128 City RoadLondon
EC1V 2NX
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