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Showcase 2007
Changes in Concrete
Film by Ali Gadema, Richard Ramchurn, Jarmain Patrick and Dan Steele
5'08
Future visions and aspirations
A musical short film using the language of hip hop and spoken word that portrays two central characters walking down the same road chronicling the different stages of their own life journeys.
Say a Prayer
Film by Sarah Sayeed and Martin Smith (sound design by Kevin logan)
4'14
Birth and childhood
Working with super8 from the 70s and animation, Say a Prayer is the story of an adult woman who looks back to a childhood memory. Sights and sounds of Bangladesh, a prayer is made for a brother's survival.
The Pen
Film by Lwimbo Kunda and Jarmain Patrick
4'14
Adolescence and coming of age
Jarmain never meant for things to go down the way they did. Now he is locked up. Between the four walls of his cell, Jarmain is armed with no other weapon than his pen. He uses poetry as a way to make sense of his actions.
Recitation
Film by Kevin Logan
4'29
Adolescence and coming of age
An audiovisual piece examining spoken word / oral traditions and their relationship with text based information and belief systems, in particular religious texts. Inspired by Jarmain Patrick's recited poem 'Terror-isn't'
Transformer
Film by Richard Ramchurn and Samira Arhin-Acquaah
4'25
Childhood and Adolescence
Transformer focuses on the effects of socialization on peoples perceptions of gender and the fashioning of identity.
In our daily lives, we are bombarded through language, images, fashion trends, with ideas and opinions as to seemingly correct behaviour and appearance of each gender, which is based on societal preconceptions.
Waiting for Departure
Film by Joshua Idehen
4'26
Birth And Childhood
A man awakes, locked in his flat, where strange events occur frequently. Meanwhile, his very-soon-to-be mother enjoys an afternoon in a park alone, her actions influencing his life and he influences her, both of them awaiting his departure.
Fureer Gorer Furee
Film by Jaheda Choudury and Samira Arhin-Acquaah
Adulthood
4'24
Fureer Gorer Furee uses spoken word and expressionist imagery to explore moments of intimacy and beauty in the physical journey and spiritual growth between mothers and daughters, covering intergenerational relationships.
Mulaigal
Film by Abhirami Arumbakkam
4'21
Adulthood
'Breasts are bubbles, rising in wet marshlands', is how Kutty Revathy's controversial Tamil poem 'Mulaigal' (Breasts) begins. The poem, when it was first published, caused quite a stir in its native Tamilnadu in India for its supposed explicit content. The film that it inspired uses the poem as a backdrop to explore the relationship that Asian women enjoy with their breasts.
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