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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.
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Details

Year
2022
Type of project
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
Composer
Miink
Principal cast
Sheik, Kenechi Carmel Amamgbo, Afua Hirsch, Yann Gael, Joshua Kekana, Tienne Simon, Alexandre Sappa, Tani

Genre

Experimental Black

Categories

Artist Project and Video / Experimental

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Agile Films

68-72 Redchurch Street
London E2 7DP

Dumas Haddad

Sales Company

Agile Films

68-72 Redchurch Street
London E2 7DP

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