Project Detail

The Trousseau

Name: The Trousseau
Director: Afia Nkrumah
Genre: Woman Director, Black, Drama
Released: 2006
Duration: 17 mins

Synopsis

The Trousseau is a moving story of a young British woman Ama, who returns to her birthplace in Ghana after receiving news of her mother's sudden death. She is met by her three stern clanswomen who doubt very much if she capable of taking the place of her frail grandmother during the funeral preparations.

Defying tradition she proves them wrong and begins to find expression of her grief in the ritual preceding the funeral, ensuring that her mother appears in death as she did in life.

Details

Year: 2006
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 17 mins
Format: HiDef
Director: Afia Nkrumah
Producer: Raimund Berens, Afia Nkrumah
Editor: W B Colyer
Screenwriter: Afia Nkrumah
Director of Photography: Patrick Jackson
Sound: W B Colyer
Composer: Adam Starr
Principal cast: Maria Thomas

Genre

Woman Director Black Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

London Film School

24 Shelton Street
London WC2H 9UB
UK

c.bright@lfs.org.uk

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