The Ancestors
Synopsis
Official Selection Pan African Film Festival 2023
Details
- Year
- 2023
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 13 min
- Format
- Arri Alexa
- Director
-
Zodwa Nyoni
- Producer
- Barrington Paul Robinson
- Executive Producer
- Claudia Yusef, Roxy Mckenna
- Editor
- Chris Blaine
- Screenwriter
- Zodwa Nyoni
- Director of Photography
- Candida Richardson
- Production Designer
- Bobbie Cousins
- Sound
- Richard de Mowbray
- Composer
- Darren J Benjamin
- Principal cast
- Pamela Nomvete, Clint Dyer, Daniel Ogbeide-John, Kaitlyn Akinpelumi, Akeim Toussaint Buck, Nii Kwartey Owoo
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Supported by BFI NETWORK and BBC Film
Redbag Pictures Ltd.
The Workshop58 Moor Lane
Thornton
Liverpool
Merseyside
L23 4TW
Sales Company
Barrington Paul Robinson
Redbag Pictures Ltd.The Workshop
58 Moor Lane
Thornton
Liverpool
Merseyside
L23 4TW
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