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Reasonable Excuse

Synopsis

High heels, corsets and sheer decadence. A film about a 20-something PR executive called Laila. A dark heroine, who's trying to move on from an incident in L.A but somehow gets caught up in the mind games of individuals around her with spine-chilling consequences, linking her to the haunting incidents of her past.

Details

Year
2008
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
30 mins
Format
HiDef
Director
Samona Naomi Williams
Producer
Micheal Akwesi Djaba
Co-Producer
Micheal Akwesi Djaba
Editor
Sonia Godding
Screenwriter
Samona Naomi Williams
Director of Photography
Winstan Witter
Production Designer
Nicole Antonio
Sound
Platform Post
Composer
Gorillas in the Lab.Ent, Crybaby Media
Principal cast
Natalie Stewart , Shola Ama, Tony Streeter

Genre

Action Woman Director

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

IFactory in Association with Crybaby Media

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