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Smoke Jumpers

Synopsis

A mythical short film that charts the journey of a priestess attempting to cross the threshold between mortal and immortal worlds in search of resources for her ailing world. In this liminal space, she meets a group of deities called Smoke Jumpers, who are custodians of ancestral knowledge who trade the secrets of the fire rituals but warn her about their practical use.
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Details

Year
2023
Type of film
Shorts
Running time
4 min
Format
Digital
Director
Daniel Muchina
Producer
Wangechi Ngugi
Executive Producer
Invisible Dust
Editor
Daniel Muchina
Screenwriter
Daniel Muchina
Director of Photography
Daniel Muchina
Sound
rPh
Composer
rPh
Models
Adukita Peters, Adhar Arop, Mauryne Theo
Stylist
Bryan Emry
Make up Artist
John Mungai

Genre

Experimental

Categories

Artist Project and Video / Experimental

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Kenya, UK co-production

A Monsoons Creative Studio (KE) production. Project curated by Invisible Dust (UK) in collaboration with University College London Institute for Sustainable Resources [ISR] (UK) and funded by the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office’s Climate Compatible Growth programme [CCG] (UK)

Monsoons Creative Studio

Sales Company

Monsoons Creative Studio

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