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Is My Living in Vain

ufuoma essi, is my living in vain

Synopsis

A meditation on the continuing history and emancipatory potential of the Black church as a space of diasporic belonging, affirmation and community organising. The film examines churches as spaces of 'infrapolitics' by exploring the sonic, political, spiritual and existential connections between specific communities.
Official Selection Black Star Film Festival 2023
Official Selection Hot Docs Festival 2023
Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2024

Details

Year: 2023
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 40 min
Format: 16mm
Director: Ufuoma Essi
Producer: Ufuoma Essi, Leah McGurk, Artina Michelle
Editor: Ufuoma Essi
Director of Photography: Cheryl Hess, Morgan Spencer
Sound: Ines Adriana

Genre

Experimental Music Woman Director Black Dance

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

New Zealand, UK, France co-production

A Gasworks (UK) co-production with Te Uru Waitkere Contemporary Gallery (New Zealand), Le Magasin CNAC (Centre National d'Art Contemporain) (France)

Gasworks

155 Vauxhall Street
London
SE11 5RH

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