A Very bR*T*SH Museum / Short Film

Aim

A Very bR*T*SH Museum is a short film that is challenging places like the British museum in terms of their role in looted history. Using da...

A Very bR*T*SH Museum is a short film that is challenging places like the British museum in terms of their role in looted history. 

Using dance, projections, and animations, this project comments on the ongoing discussions around museums returning looted artefacts.

It also questions the legacy of colonialism and imperialism upheld by such institutions, and explores the complex relationships it leaves society with in the world today.

Help us bring A Very bR*T*SH Museum to life! 

Please note that though we have reached our original set target, any money above this will go directly into the project. Many talented people are giving their time and expertise for free or a very low rate. Every extra penny helps.❤️

This project has received a micro-commission from Chats Palace theatre (London) for the Digital Stage programme, and will premiere on December 23rd.

But it has been difficult to raise funding to cover all the costs during these tough times.

With your help, everything raised will go towards the essential production costs such as a talented cast and crew, camera, sound and lighting equipment!

This film is a political endeavour that we are passionate about and with your backing, we're confident we can make a film worthy of your support!

More about A Very bR*T*SH Museum 

The short film will have three people, a white man (Ed Watson MBE), a black man (Isaac Ouro-Gnao) and an Indian woman (Seeta Patel). Each will have a visual journey as though they were an exhibit in a museum. 

Through the lens of an exhibition we will look at three bodies, reflecting on the exotification and Orientalising of black and brown bodies, and the hierarchies of aesthetics that centre on Western perceptions of beauty and success.

We will also create imagery that compels us to think about the historical violence and the financial gains of the colonial world that continue to create systems of prejudice today, and the struggles it leaves us in these complex times. 

Inspired by the Black lives matter movement, the subsequent wave of difficult conversations we are all engaged in, and a desire to genuinely ask ourselves uncomfortable questions, we are hoping this short film will be an exciting starting point for a bigger work.

*Seeta Patel. Photo by Pete Schiazza

This project successfully funded on 24th December 2020