Project Detail

Letter - to anyone who is listening

Synopsis

How does one inhabit a world in which “the moon / & the drone hang in the same sky”? Doyali Islam’s poem 'letter' interrogates this question, offering no solutions. The work is saturated with longing – and charged by it.

Details

Year
2019
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
1 min 19 sec
Format
digital video
Director
Jane Glennie
Executive Producer
Sarah Sparkman
Screenwriter
Doyali Islam
Director of Photography
Jane Glennie
Sound
Jane Glennie
Principal cast
Clare Roberts

Production Status

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