Project Detail

Play It Safe

Synopsis

Coaxed into playing a racial typecast in a student’s play, drama student Jonathan is faced with a decision: challenge prejudice, or play it safe.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2021 - Shorts - My Identity, No Crisis

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Details

Year: 2021
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 12 min 56 sec
Director: Mitch Kalisa
Producer: Chris Toumazou
Co-Producer: Kareem Adeshina
Executive Producer: Kadri Mahmoud, Chris Toumazou
Editor: Mitch Kalisa
Screenwriter: Mitch Kalisa
Director of Photography: Jaime Ackroyd
Sound: Focal Rhythm Productions
Principal cast: Jonathan Ajayi, Heather Alexander, Kate Ovenden, Charlie O’Connor, Louis Richards, Grace Daly, Lauren Raisbeck, Emily Seale Jones

Genre

Black Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

COMPULSORY

C/O Fma Accountants Ltd Building 3 Chiswick Business Park
566 Chiswick High Road
London W4 5YA

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