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James

Synopsis

Gloucestershire, 1796. A poor day labourer is offered work but must first let his son be used in a medical experiment. Based on the story of James Phipps, the eight-year-old boy used by Dr Edward Jenner to test the world’s first smallpox vaccine.

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Details

Year: 2014
Type of film: Shorts
Running time: 15 mins
Format: 16mm
Director: Claire Oakley
Producer: Terhi Kylliainen, Felix Levinson
Editor: Sacha Szwarc
Screenwriter: Felix Levinson
Director of Photography: Taina Galis
Production Designer: Antonia Lowe, Thalia Ecclestone
Sound: Tom Lock Griffiths
Composer: Isobel Waller Bridge
Principal cast: Jack Hollington, Morgan Watkins, Robert Cavanah

Genre

Human Rights Climate / Environment Woman Director Children’s Drama Science

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Felix Levinson

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