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Synopsis
Official Selection Berlinale 2016 - Panorama Teddy 30
Details
- Year
- 1989
- Type of film
- Shorts
- Running time
- 40 mins
- Director
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Isaac Julien
- Producer
- Nadine Marsh-Edwards
- Editor
- Robert Hargreaves
- Screenwriter
- Isaac Julien
- Director of Photography
- Nina Kellgren
- Music
- Wayson Jones, Trevor Mathison, Peter Spencer
- Principal cast
- Ben Ellison, Akim Magaji, Matthew Baidoo, John Wilson, Jimmy Somerville
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
A British Film Institute (BFI) and Sankofa Film & Video production
BFI
21 Stephen StreetLondon
W1T 1LN
Sales Company
HanWay Films
24 Hanway StreetLondon
W1T 1UH
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