Dumas Haddad reframing Black lives on screen

A new wave of artists are paving the way through bold storytelling, striking visuals and an unapologetic commitment to their visions. This story explores the work of Dumas Haddad

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The Artist

Dumas Haddad is an award winning director and writer raised in London who has developed his craft from the world's of fashion, music & bleeding edge culture. His work elicits powerful uses of analogies and on-the-pulse narrative and character underpinnings. Focused on storytelli

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Flowers

FLOWERS is an afro-futuristic fairytale of love, following a ceremony of a mother giving away her son, adopting references to classic Disney stories from the 1930s-50s, modernising tropes for a coming of age tale. Through poetic abstract storytelling, elevated throughout by lush

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Behind the scenes of production

''I would describe 'Flowers' as an afro futuristic fairy tale that focuses on the black diaspora. The core of the story is the ceremonial giving away of a prince to a princess from his mother which inverts original tropes.''

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The Gift

A paranormal entity offers a lost boy an identity in the form on an Avirex jacket as The Gift blends Grime with surrealism, exploring the theme of identity and the dark external forces that chose to influence and manipulate the genre.

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The Gift

Filmmakers play an important role not only creating visuals for the music world. They also provide a unique perspective on its evolution. The Gift blends grime with surrealism, exploring themes of identity and the dark external forces that influence and manipulate the genre.

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Fathers

FATHERS is a powerful film that interrogates and challenges stereotypes surrounding the role of the black father in modern society. It explores the emotional and spiritual lives of a group of young black men, whose mental health is all too often disregarded.

The Gift

An experimental short film by Dumas Haddad exploring the exploitation of Grime culture

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