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The Cascades

Synopsis

In the 1830s, Winnifred ‘Freddie’ Sheridan finds herself convicted to serve a sentence at the ‘Cascades Female Factory’ in Tasmania. There she meets the charismatic Ellen Scott, a female convict who has created a joyful counter-culture within the misery of 'The Cascades' - a rebel faction known as the ‘Flash Mob’. Together, the two women will grow the ‘Flash Mob’ from an underground movement into a prison-wide feminist phenomenon that could threaten the very existence of ‘The Cascades’.

Details

Year
2025
Type of project
Features
Director
Isabelle Sieb 1st Feature
Producer
James Brown
Executive Producer
Robyn Kershaw
Screenwriter
Islay Bell-Webb
Film Title Note
fka The Flash Mob/ Cascades Female Factory

Genre

Human Rights Woman Director Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Pre-production

Production Company

The Other Producer with support from BFI

The Other Producer

37 Eglinton Hill
London
SE18 3NZ

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