Project Detail

Monochromatic

Ella Dowling

Synopsis

Seen through the eyes of Grace, age 6 innocent and carefree. Grace is black. 1977, London, with the the rise of the National Front appealing to racial hatred. Micro aggressions culminate when Grace realises the world operates with bias when it comes to the colour of her skin.

Details

Year: 2022
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 12 min 51 sec
Director: Karen Bryson
Producer: Lorraine Bhattachary, Shakyra Dowling
Executive Producer: Rajita Shah
Editor: Rebecca Lloyd
Screenwriter: Karen Bryson
Director of Photography: Tristan Chenais
Production Designer: Agnieszka Debska
Sound: Marie Tueje
Composer: Daniel Patrick Murrell
Principal cast: Kenedy McCallam Martin, Stephanie Levi John , Elisha Robin

Genre

Woman Director Black Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Mono Films Limited

8 Summerhouse Road
London
N16 0NA

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Kevin and Cassandra are a married couple who have lost their only daughter Hannah in a freak car accident. They both raised her differently. Kevin had been a traditional parent, Cassandra a permissive one. While Hannah had decided to exhibit her body and mind online, she cut adrift from her father and gravitates towards her mother. Her death drove a wedge between them. Their lounge becomes a battlefield where incendiary words and spiteful things are said. Their marriage is one where opposites no longer attract. Kevin is filled with loathing for his in-laws, his daughter’s boyfriend, himself. Cassandra wears her daughter’s favorite colours with pride and exhibits her painting on the walls. Kevin finds he is powerless in his home and Cassandra mocks the fact that it was her father who bought it. And when he finally leaves it, he leaves Cassandra forever.

Black Drama