Project Detail

Wale

Synopsis

An 18-year-old youth offender is trying to start his own business as a mobile mechanic. But enterprise isn’t so easy when you’re a young, black male with a criminal past.
BAFTA Film Awards 2019 - Nominated, Best British Short Film

Details

Year
2018
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
20 mins
Director
Barnaby Blackburn
Producer
Edward Speleers, Catherine Slater, Sophie Alexander
Editor
Ed Line
Screenwriter
Barnaby Blackburn
Director of Photography
Robbie Bryant
Production Designer
Lili Lea Abraham
Composer
Luis Almau
Principal cast
Raphel Famotibe, Jamie Sives, Clare Perkins, Roger Jean Nsengiyumva

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