Project Detail

Radical Tendencies

Synopsis

Radical Tendencies is a social realist drama about Tahir Masum, an everyday young university student, whose life is changed when he is racially abused and influenced by a new “friend” into the world of radicalisation.

Details

Year: 2016
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 12 mins 40 secs
Format: Digital
Director: Ali Raza Ahmed 1st Feature
Producer: Shehryar Choudhary
Executive Producer: Carl Copeland, Jake Astbury
Editor: Shehryar Choudhary
Screenwriter: Ali Raza Ahmed
Director of Photography: Ali Raza Ahmed
Production Designer: Ali Raza Ahmed
Sound: Usman Akram, Shehryar Choudhary, Jamie Brennan, Matt Hartshorn
Composer: Sam Harrison, Jacob Stuart
Principal cast: Ali Raza Ahmed, Muhib Parwez, Mohammed Akram, Michael Warrender

Genre

Asian Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

al.raza.ah@hotmail.co.uk

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