A reinterpretation of Shakespeare's Othello An exploration of Shakespeare's intentions when writing Othello, exploring the play's racial themes in a historical and contemporary setting and drawing wider parallels between immigration and blackness in the UK today. The Guardian Website https://www.theguardian.com/stage/video/2016/oct/07/love-hate-relationship-with-othello-ashley-thomas-bashy-phoebe-boswell-video Broadcast on BBC IPLAYER http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04zz884 Weeks run at The IFC Centre (NY) http://www.ifccenter.com/series/shorts-from-the-sundance-film-festival/ FESTIVALS Sundance Film Festival 2017 Cleveland International Film Festival 2017 Dallas International Film Festival 2017 LA Film Festival 2017 Provincetown Film Festival 2017 Zanzibar International Film Festival 2017 Blackstar Film Festival 2017 Milwaukee Film Festival 2017 (WINNER JURY PRIZE) The BFI London Film Festival 2017 Heartland Film Festival 2017 Director: Shola Amoo Producer: Rienkje Attoh Writer/Artist: Phoebe Boswell Othello: Ashley Thomas Desdemona: Elisa Lasowski Spirit: Lanre Malaolu Nigerian Queen: Tega Okiti DP: Stil Williams Editor: Mdhamiri A Nkemi Composer: Segun Akinola Art Department: Tamar Clarke Brown Sound Design: Nikola Medic Location Sound: Phil Hutchins Grade: Johny Tulley Costume: Jeffrey Michael Steadicam: Andrew Bainbridge Make Up: Sheeba Raye 1st AD: Kole Onil

A Multimedia Feature Film about Gentrification in Brixton, South London and beyond. (on Itunes - Amazon Prime - Virgin Media - BFIiplayer) UK Kanopy - Wordwide World Premiere at The LA Film Festival 2016 (World Fiction competition) Winner: Special Recognition Award for a Feature Narrative at BlackStar Film Festival 2016 BFI London Film Festival 2016 BET Urbanworld Written/Directed by Shola Amoo and Produced by Rienkje Attoh. Starring Tanya Fear amovingimagefilm.com

Dear Mr Shakespeare: Shakespeare Lives (Drama)

An evocative and imaginative exploration of the racial tensions in Othello and how the themes in Shakespeare's play still resonate today.

Director: Shola Amoo
Writer: Phoebe Boswell

 

A Moving Image (Drama)

An artist returns to her gentrified community where she explores her social position and complicity in the rapid changes.

Director: Shola Amoo
Writer: Shola Amoo




 

Pond Life (Drama)

Summertime, 1994. In a quiet mining village just outside Doncaster, a rumour stirs about the legend of a giant carp in the nearby decoy ponds. Trevor takes watch one night at the water's edge. The following night, he decides to lead a brigade of young friends and neighbours on a fishing expedition. In a world of broken families, cassette tapes and rumbling political fever, these friends, each with their own struggles to bear, share a moment of harmony as they witness the carp for themselves that they will never forget.

Director: Bill Buckhurst
Writer: Richard Cameron