An African family, lost in America, travels to a Louisiana church to cure its problem child.

BONESHAKER follows a Ghanaian immigrant family taking a road trip to a Pentecostal church in Louisiana to cure its problem child. As the family journeys to a tent revival at the ends of the levee-less Louisiana delta, they discover the complications of trying to perform a traditional ritual away from home. BONESHAKER focuses on the feelings of homelessness, landlessness, and rootlessness that accompany immigration.

A film by Frances Bodomo

USA/Ghana, 2012

BONESHAKER is my Second-Year Film at the prestigious NYU Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Film Program. This is a personal, autobiographical story in which I finally get to put years of learning into a project that exemplifies my unique experiences of home and self.
Nuotama Frances Bodomo

written and directed by Frances Bodomo

Short drama / 12 min / Super16mm / Colour

CAST
BLESSING - Quvenzhané Wallis
WILLIE - Playshena Rose Thomas
GRANDMA - Caroline Idakula
FATHER - Moussa Koné
PASTOR - Dr. Stella, God's Warrior Princess

PRODUCERS
Executive Producers - Felecia Hunter, Kwabena Ayirebi, Theresa Dery
Producers - Alana Pryor Ackerman, Frances Bodomo
Co-Producers - Shruti Rya Ganguly, Wyatt Rockefeller
Production also funded by Kickstarter Backers
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1036306318/boneshaker

CREW
Unit Production Manager - Alana Pryor Ackerman
Cinematography - Joshua James Richards
Production Design - Laura Moss
Costume Design - Sarah Williams
Assistant Director - Chloé Zhao
Script Supervisor - Elif Eda Karagöz
1st AC - Benjamin Rutkowski
2nd AC - Margherita Arco
Gaffer - Chananun Chotrungroj
Production Sound - Katrina Whalen
Boom Operator - Jackson Blalock
Chef/Catering - Andru Okun
Transportation - Joey O'Mahoney, Jackson Blalock
Editor - Pau Dalmases

Contact:
Frances Bodomo / info@boneshakerfilm.com / +1 6463215334


2013 | Sundance Film Festival
* World Premiere
www.sundance.org/festival/release/2013-sundance-film-festival-announces-short-film-program/
http://filmguide.sundance.org/film/13158/boneshaker