BlackStar Film Festival

Bilocation (Shorts)

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Both here and there. Diasporic narratives of people who have the ability to exist in two places at the same time.


Content warning: Discussion of police violence, religious violence (The Archive: Queer Nigerians)


Accessibility: Closed captions available

Una, an isolated Jamaican woman living in 1985 suburban London, works as a nurse on a maternity ward. As she takes a moment of solace to make her traditional condensed milk pudding, burnt milk, she is flooded with visions that take her home.

  • Runtime
    9 minutes
  • Language
    Patois, English
  • Country
    Jamaica, United States
  • Premiere
    Philadelphia
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  • Director
    Joseph Douglas Elmhirst
  • Producer
    Ruby Elmhirst
  • Cast
    Clover Webb, Tamara Lawrance
  • Cinematographer
    Christopher Currence
  • Editor
    Lainy Black
  • Composer
    Timothy Yanick Hunter
  • Sound Design
    Kevin Gilligan