The Draft
Synopsis
THE DRAFT is meant to evoke a debate around the lacking freedom of choice women still face today. A woman should have complete control over her body but we can be scorned for not doing what others - and society - consider to be our duty, our purpose as women. This film is about what can happen when our right to be childfree by choice is taken from us. Equality demands that we as women and men respect each other’s individuality and choices, whether that’s becoming a mother or not.
Details
- Year
- 2022
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 8 min 1 sec
- Director
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Raphaela Wagner
- Producer
- Anke Sabrina Beermann
- Executive Producer
- Ramon Colomina
- Editor
- Roberta Bononi
- Screenwriter
- Kim Taylor
- Director of Photography
- Samira Oberberg
- Sound
- Benjamin Christ
- Composer
- Sascha Blank
- Principal cast
- Anke Sabrina Beermann, Leah Charles King, Eve Cong, Emilie Largier
- Dresses Designed and Provided by
- Sounita Rachel Chummun-Miashan
- Associate Producer
- Angelita Aquino, Juan Colomina, Kim Taylor
- Production Manager
- Laura Gregory
- Creative Consultant
- Hasko Sadrina
- 1st AD
- Jane Davis
- Script Supervisor
- Lefteris Parasyris
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Mary Productions Ltd
14 School LaneWargrave
RG10 8AA
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