SYNOPSIS / CAST / CREW

BONESHAKER
written and directed by Frances Bodomo
12 min / Super16mm / Colour

Boneshaker follows a Ghanaian immigrant family taking a road trip to a Pentecostal church in Louisiana to cure its problem child. As the family journeys to a tent revival at the ends of the levee-less Louisiana delta, they discover the complications of trying to perform a traditional ritual away from home. Boneshaker focuses on the feelings of homelessness, landlessness, and rootlessness that accompany immigration.

CAST
BLESSING - Quvenzhané Wallis
WILLIE - Playshena Rose Thomas
GRANDMA - Caroline Idakula
FATHER - Moussa Kone
PASTOR - Dr. Stella, God’s Warrior Princess

PRODUCERS
Executive Producers - Felecia Hunter, Kwabena Ayirebi, Theresa Dery  
Producers - Alana Pryor Ackerman, Frances Bodomo
Co-Producers - Shruti Rya Ganguly, Wyatt Rockefeller
Production also funded by Kickstarter Backers

CREW
Unit Production Manager - Alana Pryor Ackerman
Cinematography - Joshua James Richards
Production Design - Laura Moss
Costume Design - Sarah Williams
Assistant Director - Chloé Zhao
Script Supervisor - Elif Eda Karagöz
1st AC - Benjamin Rutkowski
2nd AC - Margherita Arco
Gaffer - Chananun Chotrungroj
Production Sound - Katrina Whalen
Boom Operator - Jackson Blalock
Chef/Catering - Andru Okun
Transportation - Joey O’Mahoney, Jackson Blalock
Editor - Pau Dalmases