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The Season of Burning Things

Synopsis

A moving-image collaboration between the two artists. Unfolding from the creators’ perspectives in the Somali diaspora, the piece takes the lead from East African mythos and Islamic imagery to explore mythmaking, Blackness; a ‘generation of ghosts’ and the transient spirit.
Official Selection BlackStar Film Festival 2022

Details

Year
2021
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
9 min
Director
Asmaa Jama, Gouled Ahmed
Producer
Asmaa Jama
Co-Producer
Gouled Ahmed
Executive Producer
Elinor Lower, Ben Atterbury
Editor
Gebriel Balcha, Asmaa Jama
Screenwriter
Asmaa Jama
Director of Photography
Gebriel Balcha
Sound
Gebriel Balcha, Asmaa Jama
Composer
Amin Xaaji Cusman (Music: c/o British Library)

Genre

Experimental Black

Categories

Artist Project and Video / Experimental

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

A Bristol Old Vic production

Sales Company

Asmaa Jama

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