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The Girl Who Would Be God

Synopsis

Based on the teenaged journals and drawings of Sylvia Plath, this collaged fantasy describes an evening in the life of a teenage girl in 1949. The music and images are all inspired by the words, images and musical experience of Plath at 17 years old. It was commissioned as an artists' interpretative collaboration for the Sylvia Plath 75th Year Symposium, Oxford University and University of Indiana October 2007.

Details

Year
2009
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
7 mins
Format
Digital QT movie, BetaSP, DVD
Director
Suzie Hanna, Tom Simmons
Producer
Suzie Hanna, Tom Simmons
Co-Producer
Suzie Hanna, Tom Simmons
Editor
Suzie Hanna
Screenwriter
Suzie Hanna
Director of Photography
Suzie Hanna
Production Designer
Suzie Hanna, Mhairi Fraser
Sound
Tom Simmons
Composer
Tom Simmons
Principal cast
Joey Cook

Genre

Experimental Literary Adaptation Woman Director Drama

Categories

Fiction Animation

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Suzie Hanna

9 Henley Road
Norwich NR2 3NL
UK

suziehanna@mac.com

Sales Company

Suzie Hanna

9 Henley Road
Norwich NR2 3NL
UK

suziehanna@mac.com

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