Project Detail

The Conversation

Synopsis

Through a dynamic fusion of movement and dialogue, THE CONVERSATION explores the challenges black men and women experience when communicating their racial experience to white partners.

Details

Year
2019
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
13 min 28 sec
Format
HD
Director
Lanre Malaolu
Producer
Alistair Payne-James
Executive Producer
John Jencks, Georgia Goggin, Isabel Freer
Editor
Ella Oliver
Screenwriter
Lanre Malaolu
Director of Photography
Anna Macdonald
Production Designer
Rana Fadavi
Sound
George Mcmillan
Composer
Jan Brzezinski
Principal cast
Onyemachi Ejimofor, Lauren Anthony

Production Status

Production Company

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