Jitterbug

  • Jitterbug
Genre : Drama
Type : Fiction
Original title :
Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2022
Format : Short
Running time : 24 (in minutes)

It's the summer and talented teenager Afeni Omolade is on the cusp of leaving home to take up an offer to study History of Art at Cambridge University. However, the life she has always known in Hackney suddenly comes under threat.


Actors

Amara Okereke (Afeni Omolade)

Doreene Blackstock (Precious Omolade)

Donna Banya (Goldie Bah)

Michael Gould (Professor Sachs)

Hayden McLean (Tyrone Brooks)

Kenyah Sandy (Kofo Omolade)

Afi Okaidja (Amma)

Darryl Dale (Gonzo)

Victoria Lloyd (Miss Dean)

Xanthe Acquah-Storey (Tacita)

Team

Screenplay
Ayo Akingbade

Photography
Emma Dalesman

Sound
Miguel Rodriguez Puente, Jonathan Eato

Editing
Taina Galis

Music
Lolina

Production

Majority Production
THE ARTANGEL TRUST
Artangel, 31 Eyre Street Hill,
EC1R 5EW London - United Kingdom
T: +44 20 7713 1400
sophie@artangel.org.uk
www.artangel.org.uk

Director's Fortnight, Cannes 2022, world premiere

Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

With the support of