Programme / On The Surface
On The Surface
Location: Iceland; Language: English; Captions: English
‘On The Surface’ is a 4mn animation about a young Black woman who goes swimming in the Icelandic sea and reflects on her experience of having a baby in a country that feels nothing like home. As she enters the freezing water, she relives her traumatic pregnancy and postnatal depression. Soon her swimming eases. Being in the wild and facing her fears is helping her heal.
Credits
Director - Fan Sissoko
Writer - Fan Sissoko
Voice acting - Enid Mbabazi
Music - Tariqh Akoni / Red Wagon Music
Sound recording - Arnar Guðjonsson
Sound recording - Hafdis Bjarnadóttir
Funded by Art with Impact
Audio Descriptions performed by Sri Gordon.
British Sign Language Interpretation by Grace Buckle.
Read Response
To be rooted in nature and held by the sea
A Response to On The Surface by Xandra Robinson-Burns
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