Project Detail

The Beloved Ones

Synopsis

This documentary is a Trojan horse; strikingly using richly layered animation to smuggle through the audience’s compassion fatigue a story of two Ugandan women affected by HIV/AIDS. The Beloved Ones has a distinctive visual style, lyrical and impressionistic. This lends itself to the depiction of an Africa that despite its problems is a home to full lives, not just a series of tragic statistics.

Details

Year
2008
Type of film
Shorts
Running time
6 mins
Format
Digital
Director
Samantha Moore
Producer
Dan Lawson
Editor
Samantha Moore
Production Designer
Samantha Moore
Sound
George Beasley
Composer
George Beasley
Principal cast
Josette Simon, Lenora Crichlow

Production Status

Production Company

Sapiens Productions

Head Office (Netherlands)

T +31 (0)43 3101919

M +31 (0)6 21605609
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Sales Company

Dan Lawson

Screen West Midlands
9 Regent Place
Birmingham B1 3NJ
UK

T +44 (0)121 265 7120

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