SHORT FILM, directed by Mohamed-Zain Dada
[October 2023 | London]
This short film follows a British-Pakistani boxer, Abz, as he tells the story of his Uncle Faz and his battles with the National Front.
Set in a boxing gym, the film interweaves a poetic monologue with archival footage of South Asian youths protesting in Southall in 1977.
CREW
Director - Mohamed-Zain Dada
Producer - Kristina Pringle
C0-Producers - Samantha Locock, Poppi Knight
Archive Producer - Saifur Rehmaan Manzoor-Khan
Executive Producers - Abu-Bakr Al Akku, Maatin Patel
Actor ‘Abz’ - Faraz M Khan
Casting Director - Sydney Aldridge
First AD - Jemima Stephenson
Director’s Assistant - Saif Ur-Rehmaan Manzoor-Khan
Cinematographer - Carmen Pellón Brussosa
1st AC - Chelsea Bernard
2nd AC - Ciaran Tunmer
Steadicam Operator - Lee Brown
Sound Mixer - Max Palmer
Gaffer - Owen Whitehead
Spark - Simin Zeng
Production Designer - Omar Parry Kent
Editor - Scarlett Bovingdon
Trailer Editor - Rita Conry
Original Score by Sunden
Sound Designer - Calum Sample
Colourist - Megan Lee
Colour Producer - Alex Carswell
Colour Assistant - Nuval Jolly
Colour House - Electric Theatre Collective
Supported by Art Fund
Status - Festival Circuit
Release date - September 2024