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Title: ROOTED

Reference number: 7886

Date: 2004

Director: d. Kapwani Kiwanga

Sponsor: Scottish Television, Grampian Television, Scottish Screen

Producer: Nan Gourlay

Production company: Lion Television Scotland

Sound: sound

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 23.49 mins

Description: Rooted introduces us to hairdressers Anna and Lindsay, their Afro hair salons, their clients, and the experiences they share. An intimate portrayal of black culture in Scotland. [synopsis from Scottish Screen brochure "New Scottish Short Films 2004"]

Part of 'This Scotland' documentary strand, broadcast on STV.

See also ref. 7517 for another film by Kapwani Kiwanga. Her work is known for dealing with issues of colonialism, gender, and the African diaspora.

Credits: camera Jim Leishman
sd. Becky Thomson
add. camera Caitlan Buchanan, Ed Edwards
camera ass. Scott Tate
p. ass. Amber Parsons
runners Katherine Simpson, Kerry Barr
stills Kwesi Raphael
offline ed. Tadgh O'Sullivan
m. Marcus Britton
dubbing mixer John Cobban
online ed. Dylan Roodt
exec. p. Lucinda Broadbent

Thanks to Anna, her family and clients; Lindsey, her family and clients.

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