Born on Sunday Silent is a short gothic drama based on the true story of Kai Akosua Mansah, a baby who was born and died in Sheffield in 1902.
After an encounter with Kai, the spirit of the Black child she is researching, 18-year old student Abba Yaa agrees to a bargain. On a promise to be shown something of Kai’s past, Abba-Yaa takes the trickster spirit out of the cemetery where she has been trapped for over 100 years. Kai guides Abba-Yaa back in time where she witnesses the horrors of the past, but when Abba Yaa tries to get back to the present, Kai makes a split second decision that alters the fate of both of them.
Featuring Zuna Newman & Karis Musongole
Script written by Désirée Reynolds & Eelyn Lee
Directed by Eelyn Lee
Produced by Rebecca Mark-Lawson & Daria Nitsche at Tyke Films
Executive Prodcuer - Baff Akoto
Born on Sunday Silent is adapted from a short story written by Désirée Reynolds and published in the Book of Sheffield [Comma Press, 2019].
Cinematography - Ray Miller-Davis
Production Design - Christine Ting-Huan 挺歡 Urquhart
Editor - Manuela Lupini
Original Music by Idris Blac
Sound Design - Michael F. Bates AMPS
Casting Director - Nicci Topping
Supported by BFI Network, Necessity, South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority.
Available to book through TAPE.
Watch the Teaser here:
