The Destructors
Synopsis
Shot in Tower Hamlets, East London, it reconsiders the figure of alienated male youth, exploring the complexities of ‘coming of age’ for young Muslim men living in the UK.
Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2020 - Bright Future
Details
- Year
- 2019
- Type of film
- Shorts
- Running time
- 23 min 35 sec
- Director
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Imran Perretta
- Producer
- Ali Roche
- Executive Producer
- Polly Staple, Robert Leckie
- Editor
- Imran Perretta
- Screenwriter
- Imran Perretta
- Director of Photography
- Tasha Back
- Production Designer
- Camilla Hipwood
- Sound
- Tom Sedgwick
- Music
- Imran Perretta
- Principal cast
- Ramzan Miah, Tharek Ali, Islah Abdur-Rahman, Zishan Asfar
- Further Information
- https://www.spikeisland.org.uk/programme/exhibitions/imran-perretta/
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Imran Perretta
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