Project Detail

Flowers

Synopsis

FLOWERS is an afro-futuristic fairytale of love, following a ceremony of a mother giving away her son, Adopting references to classic Disney stories from the 1930s-50s, modernising tropes for a coming of age tale, the film reimagines what a black fairy-tale would look and feel like.

Details

Year
2022
Type of film
Shorts
Running time
7 min 38 sec
Format
Digital
Director
Dumas Haddad
Producer
George Telfer
Executive Producer
Myles Payne
Editor
Dumas Haddad, James Bradley
Screenwriter
Dumas Haddad
Director of Photography
Olan Collardy
Production Designer
Jade Adeyemi
Sound
Bankey Ojo
Music
Miink
Principal cast
Sheik, Kenechi Carmel Amamgbo, Afua Hirsch, Yann Gael, Joshua Kekana, Tienne Simon, Alexandre Sappa, Tani

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