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Human Radio

Synopsis

People dance in private moments of personal abandon, in living-rooms across London during the summer of 2001. By turns comic and moving, the film is the result of the director's work with respondents to an advertisement seeking 'living-room dancers' - people who like to dance behind closed doors.

Details

Year
2003
Type of film
Shorts
Running time
9 mins
Format
Beta SP
Director
Miranda Pennell
Producer
David Z Obadiah
Editor
Miranda Pennell, Russ Clapham
Screenwriter
Miranda Pennell
Director of Photography
Mary Farbrother
Sound
Graeme Miller
Composer
Andy Cowton
Principal cast
Londoners as Themselves

Categories

Fiction Documentary

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Miranda Pennell

11 South Black Lion Lane
London W6 9TJ
UK

T/F 44 (0)20 8748 0719

miranda@doublehappy.demon.co.uk

Sales Company

Miranda Pennell

11 South Black Lion Lane
London W6 9TJ
UK

T/F 44 (0)20 8748 0719

miranda@doublehappy.demon.co.uk

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