Asylum
IMDb ID: tt0363445 · Year: 2003 · Rating: 6.5 (61 votes)
Genres: Documentary · Short
Baba, a young Ghanaian woman, goes in search of her father for his blessing on her impending marriage. This turns to a nightmare as he insists she a different man, and that she undergo female genital mutilation as is the custom in...
Full Cast & Crew
[Directors Group]
Name: Sandy McLeod | Role: Director
[Producers Group]
Name: Annette Dodoo | Role: Producer
Name: Sandy McLeod | Role: Producer
Name: Gini Reticker | Role: Producer
Name: Natalie Reuss | Role: Producer
Name: Deborah Shaffer | Role: Producer
[Cinematography Group]
Name: Kirsten Johnson | Role: Cinematographer
Name: Ellen Kuras | Role: Cinematographer
[Editing Group]
Name: Kate Taverna | Role: Editor
[Production Management]
Name: Michael Moncar | Role: Production Manager
[Sound Department]
Name: Margaret Crimmins | Role: Sound Department
Name: Greg Smith | Role: Sound Department
Name: J.T. Takagi | Role: Sound Department
[Visual Effects]
Name: Elizabeth Daggar | Role: Visual Effects
[Camera and Electrical Department]
Name: Peter Agliata | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Kerwin Devonish | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Brandon Evans | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
[Editorial Department]
Name: Benjamin Murray | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Joe Violante | Role: Editorial Department
[Production Department]
Name: Stephanie Bencin | Role: Production Department
Name: Maura Small | Role: Production Department
Name: Addy Smith | Role: Production Department
[Additional Crew]
Name: Tom Chen | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Barbara DeBeneto | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Fred Heid | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Benjamin Murray | Role: Additional Crew
Trailers
IMDb Video Gallery: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363445/videogallery/
Release Schedule
United States: March 9, 2003 (South by Southwest Film Festival)
Czech Republic: April 15, 2004 (One World Film Festival)
Awards
Winner | 2003 | Sundance Film Festival | Short Filmmaking Award - Honorable Mention | Sandy McLeod, Gini Reticker, Asylum
Nominee | 2004 | Academy Awards, USA | Oscar | Best Documentary, Short Subjects | Sandy McLeod, Gini Reticker, Asylum
Winner | 2003 | Aspen Shortsfest | Jury Award | Best Documentary | Sandy McLeod, Asylum | These two documentaries encompass the human condition and the jury wishes to recognize both films for the extraordinary lives they celebrate. Tied with Twin Towers (2003).
Winner | 2003 | New York Expo of Short Film | Silver Award | Documentary | Sandy McLeod, Asylum
Winner | 2003 | Heartland Film Festival | Crystal Heart Award | Sandy McLeod, Asylum
Nominee | 2004 | Almería International Film Festival | Best Short Film | Sandy McLeod, Asylum
Nominee | 2006 | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Emmy | Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Cinematography | Kirsten Johnson, Ellen Kuras, Asylum
Box Office
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