Location: England; Language: English; Captions: English

The Elephant in the Room isn’t a story about a ship, or a journey to another land. This is a story about today and 6 characters who are still experiencing the impact of our colonial history, in cities that have only just begun to speak about their complex past. Throughout the film, these characters are met with denial, reluctance, avoidance, ignorance and ultimately silence, as they figure out how to be seen and heard in a system that was never built for them.

The Elephant in the Room was created in 2020, supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England and part of the Mayflower 400 Cultural Programme.

Credits

Co-directed by Alix Harris and Jules Laville

Written by Alix Harris

Movement Director - Jules Laville

Dramaturgy - Lucy Coren

Producer - Helen Bovey for Beyond Face CIC

Film made and edited by Daniel Martin

Sound Design by Somatic/Somin Griffin-Dave

Costume Design by Meier Williams

Production Manager - Tessa Gaukroger

Performed by (in order of appearance)

Victoria Horan - Humanity

Charice Bhardwaj - The Voice of Freedom

Alix Harris - Freedom

Shaday Barrowes-Bayewunmi - Future

Samater Ahmed - Democracy

Shiquerra Robertson - Justice

Corinne Walker - Visibility

Richard Bailey - The Voice

Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England and the Mayflower 400 Cultural fund.

Captions by Sarya Wu

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