A-ZU-RE

Synopsis

A-ZU-RE is an adolescent streetchild with dark skin and blue eyes, who sleeps on the beach with his younger friend Vincent - and ekes out a precarious living by day. Azure gets involved with a local gangster, Gerald, who renames him Blue, and sends him out to sell drugs on the streets. The drugs soon get stolen and the boys incur Gerald's wrath. Gerald captures Vincent and it is up to Azure to rescue him.

Details

Year

2003

Type of film

Shorts

Running Time

23 mins 42 secs

Format

Beta SP

Director

Meg Rickards

Producer

Margot Moses

Co-Producer

Margot Moses

Editor

Jocelyn Wortley

Screenwriter

Meg Rickards

Sound

James Copeland

Music

Christopher Tin

Principal Cast

Unathi Emmanuel Speelman, Ray Meas, Kurt Schoonraad, Makhosazene Helen Kunene

Lighting Cameraman

Paula Huidobro

Camera Operator

Heinekin De Vos

Genre

Production status

Complete

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Last updated 26th November 2005