Hanged for the Word If (2023)
In 1952 a shopkeeper named Lily Volpert was murdered in the docks district of Cardiff, known as Tiger Bay. A Somali former merchant seaman, Mahmood Hussein Mattan, was charged with the murder, convicted and hanged. But 46 years later he became the first person in British history to have a murder conviction overturned after being executed.
Director: Nikolai Gabrysch
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Will Lorkin as Mahmood Hussein Mattan |
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Tom Moakes as The Executioner |
| Directing | Nikolai Gabrysch | Director |
| Writing | Will Lorkin | Writer |
| Writing | Jake Thompson | Writer |
| Crew | Ciaran Peacock | Cinematography |
| Sound | Tom Moakes | Sound Designer |
| Editing | Ben Stather | Editor |
| Sound | Ben Randall | Music |