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Gay Short

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Colonial Gods

Country: UK, Language: English, 30 mins

Gay Short | 2009
  • Director: Dee Rees
  • Writer: Dee Rees
  • Producer: Nekisa Cooper

CGiii Comment

A classic example of not thinking through the whole project before the cameras roll.

Considering the amount of work that obviously went into this...the result and ending are a bitter disappointment.

Trailer...

Colonial Gods (Clip) from The Festivals Company on Vimeo.

The(ir) Blurb...

A complicated friendship between a Somali man and Nigerian man unfolds against the chaos of gentrification and displacement in a small immigrant community in Cardiff, Wales known as Tiger Bay.

Cast & Characters

Sule Rimi as Construction Dude;
Cornell John as Izi;
Said Mohamed;
Steve Northy as Policeman 2

IMDb

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1655586