Project Detail

Off the Streets

Synopsis

"Street kids are hard to rehabilitate.

They are used to their freedom, they behave the way they want. They smoke and take drugs. The street is the only life they know... So it's very difficult to tell these kids what to do."
 
Shot on the streets of Dakar, Senegal.

Details

Year
2005
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
26 mins
Format
Beta SP
Director
François Gamaury
Producer
François Gamaury
Editor
Jason Pelham
Director of Photography
Daniel Mitelpunkt
Sound
Fata Faris
Composer
Peter Coyte

Genre

Production Status

Production Company

Day for Night Films

67 Farringdon Road
London EC1M 3JB, UK

T +44 (0)7973 625217

Sales Company

DLT Entertainment UK Ltd

10 Bedford Square
London WC1B 3RA, UK

T+44 (0)20 7631 1184

gmitchell@dltentertainment.co.uk

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