Leviathan Cycle, Episode 6: Ding Ling and Senait
Synopsis
The episode DING LING AND SENAIT is a moment in Shezad Dawood's episodic film series 'Leviathan Cycle', shifting the narrative from one of breakdown and fragmentation to a focus on methodologies for surviving the future.
Details
- Year
- 2020
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 18 min 46 sec
- Format
- HD Video
- Director
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Shezad Dawood
- Producer
- Elizabeth Benjamin
- Editor
- Sergio Vega Borrego
- Screenwriter
- Shezad Dawood
- Director of Photography
- Michael Miroshnik, Bart Sienkiewicz
- Sound
- Rupert Clervaux
- Composer
- Obaa Sima written and performed by Ata Kak, courtesy of Awesome Tapes from Afriac
- Principal cast
- Jennifer Lim, Senait Zebrabrucbc, Emib Barahni, Bhasker Patel
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
UBIK Productions
Unit B1, Ink Court419 Wick Lane
London
E3 2PW
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