The Storekeeper
Synopsis
Details
- Year
- 1999
- Type of film
- Shorts
- Running time
- 22 mins
- Format
- 35mm
- Director
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Gavin Hood
- Producer
- Gresby Nash
- Executive Producer
- Gresby Nash
- Director of Photography
- Johan Scheepers (S.A.S.C.)
- Principal cast
- Winston Ntshona, Vusi Kunene, Jerry Mofokeng
- Screen Writer
- Gavin Hood
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Hood Productions Flat 3, 54 Balcombe Street, London NW1 6ND
Sales Company
Jane Balfour Films Burghley House, 35 Fortess Road, London NW5 1AD Tel: 020 7267 5392 Fax: 020 7267 4241 Email: jbf@janebalfourfilms.co.uk
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