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Title: UNBEARABLE WHITENESS OF BEING, the

Reference number: 8052

Date: 2007

Director: d. Faisal Aziz

Sponsor: The National Lottery through Scottish Screen, Skillset UK Film Skills Fund, Edinburgh College of Art, Angus Digital Media Centre, Docspace, Scottish Documentary Institute

Producer: Turan Ali

Production company: Bridging the Gap, Bona Broadcasting

Sound: sound

Original format: DVCam

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 9.58 mins

Description: An eye-opening glimpse into the world of Asian skin lightening, following a small ambitious skin lightening company who are hoping to hit the big time. [synopsis from "New Films, New Talent: Best of Scottish Shorts 2007]

Full film can be viewed on Scottish Documentary Institute website at http://www.docscene.org/the-unbearable-whiteness-of-being.html [last accessed 26/4/2010]

Part of Season 4 'Bridging the Gap' documentary scheme, on the theme of "White".

Credits: Scottish Documentary Institute presents A Bridging the Gap production in association with Scottish Screen and Bona Broadcasting Ltd.

Thanks to Nurjahan Begum, Abdul Alim, Mohammed Shalim, Jemima Begum, Eternal Elixir, Dr. Nina Wines, Steve Nallon, Birmigham NEC, Himalaya Events, Amber Parsons

camera Minttu Mantynen
sd. Julian le Strange
sd. dub John Cobban
m. Audio Network
researcher Emma Horrell
ed. Mark Jenkins, Fiona Reid
online ed. Simon Blakeley
Bridging the Gap co-ordinator Sonja Henrici
Development exec. for Scottish Screen Becky Lloyd
exec. p. Noe Mendelle

Supported by The National Lottery through Scottish Screen, Skillset UK Film Skills Fund, Edinburgh College of Art, Angus Digital Media Centre, Docspace, Scottish Documentary Institute