Vagabond

Synopsis

This debut feature film, written, choreographed and directed by its leading man, the black dancer Rodreguez King-Dorset, shows a creative dance artist in a desperate search for identity in a white-dominated country.
The film depicts the lives of two boys in England in the 1980s, one a newly arrived African, the other an Afro-Caribbean, and highlights the ethnic tensions between their respective groups. The young black Briton, Lewis, has to face scorn and misunderstanding from his father when he tries to become a professional dancer. Lewis has a close friendship with the African, Ramsey, and a rewarding relationship with an Afro-Caribbean girlfriend, Maudi. His African friend is imprisoned for a killing he was forced into in sheer self-defence, and this only adds to Lewis’s confusion. He sets out to create a solo dance, which embodies some of his emotions.
Finally he shows himself being questioned by an external examiner in the final stages of his thesis for a DPhil. He makes a spirited defence of his views to a sceptical examiner and the film shows in flashbacks some of what is going on in his head as he formally protests to his examiner.

Details

Year

2006

Type of film

Features

Running Time

64 min

Format

16mm

Director

Rodreguez King-Dorset 1st Feature

Producer

Oris Egbunike

Editor

Mikkel Buda Svak, Jim Bambrick

Screenwriter

Rodreguez King-Dorset

Director of Photography

Gerry Vasbenter, Sam Goldie

Music

Wayne Ellington

Principal Cast

Rodreguez King-Dorset, Naomi James, Andati Ajinzea, Troy John

Contact

officeofrodreguezkingdorset@gmail.com

Genre

• Black

Production status

Complete

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Last updated 5th September 2024