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Fearless

Synopsis

A heartwarming documentary featuring six women aged between 77 and 89. As young women they left their homes in the Caribbean, Ireland and South Asia to answer post WWII Britain’s call for workers.
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
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

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