Hemel (2024)
Hemel is an intimate portrait of Hemel Hempstead, where Danielle Dean was raised, and unfolds as a personal essay on the town’s history as a planned community under the New Towns Act of 1946. Filmed in 16mm with an ensemble of non-actors and family, Hemel blurs fiction and documentary and to considers the race, class, and labour dynamics of a small English town in the post-Brexit context.
Director: Danielle Dean
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Danielle Dean as Quatermass |
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Andrea Dean as Self |
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Dave Marchant as Barman |
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Brendon Laing as |
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Brian Dean as |
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Collum Dean as |
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Chielota Aneto as |
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Chibuikem Aneto as |
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Clive Brooks as Man on street |
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Harvey Taylor as |
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Godson Leboko as |
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Sharon Brobbery as |
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Jada Coke as |
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David Owusu Ansah as |
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Stanley Aneto as |
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Theresa Ross as Lady with handkerchief |
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Theresa Ross as Lady with handkerchief |
| Directing | Danielle Dean | Director |
| Production | Luke W Moody | Producer |
| Production | Caroline Smith | Associate Producer |
| Camera | Alberto Balazs | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Karl Hui | Focus Puller |
| Sound | Mason Bynes | Music |
| Sound | Richy Carey | Sound Mixer |