House of Women
Synopsis
By auditioning only Indian ex-pat or first-generation British Asian women and non-binary individuals, filmmaker Michelle Williams Gamaker re-casts a Kanchi for the 21st Century, who crucially speaks.
Details
- Year
- 2017
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 14 mins 6 secs
- Format
- 16mm
- Director
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Michelle Williams Gamaker
- Producer
- Joshua Llewellyn (Somebody Nobody Productions)
- Editor
- Michelle Williams Gamaker
- Screenwriter
- Michelle Williams Gamaker
- Director of Photography
- Tom Wright
- Sound
- Martin Clarke (Sound Recordist), Sara Pinheiro (Sound Design)
- Principal cast
- Kelly Hunter, Krishna Istha, Jasdeep Kandola, Tina Mander, Arunima Rajkumar
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Somebody Nobody Productions
Kennington Enterprise Centre42 Braganza Street
London
SE17 3RJ
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