JAYNE AMARA ROSS
SHORT FILMS
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CHUM (2017)ESSAY FILM / 12' / DIGITAL VIDEO / INSPIRED BY & FEATURING YAW DJANG / FILMED DURING THE WEIGHT OF MOUNTAINS RESIDENCY IN SKAGASTRÖND, ICELAND (2014), RECORDED IN MANCHESTER, UK (2016) & EDITED IN PARIS, FRANCE (2017)
FROM 1980s MANCHESTER TO PRESENT DAY ICELAND, BOYS ARE LEARNING TO NAVIGATE THE UNCERTAIN WATERS OF MANHOOD. GANG CULTURE, GIRLS, FATHER FIGURES, FRIENDSHIP... IT’S ALL IN A DAY’S WORK. DESPITE THE OCEAN OF CIRCUMSTANCE THAT SEPARATES THESE TWO NARRATIVES, GROWING UP REMAINS A RITE OF PASSAGE AVOIDED BY NONE AND ON THE HORIZON, IN THE SHAPE OF DRY LAND, LOOMS A SILHOUETTE OF SHARED EXPERIENCE. 
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