The Colour of His Hair
Film
2017
16mm, digital transfer, 23 mins
Based on an unrealized film script written in 1964 for The Homosexual Law Reform Society, a British organisation that campaigned for the decriminalization of homosexual relations between men, The Colour Of His Hair merges drama and documentary into a meditation on queer life before and after the partial legalization of homosexuality in 1967.
Video Link︎︎
Interview︎︎
Cast:
Sean Hart
Josh O’Connor
Crew:
Camera – Jessica Sarah Rinland
Editor – Alexandros Pissourios
Lighting – Oscar Oldershaw
Sound – Joe Campbell
Music – Leslie Deere
Colourist – Chloe Thorne
Camera Assistant – Ada Wesolowska
Hair & Makeup – Renee Vaughan Sutherland
Premiere: International Film Festival Rotterdam 2017
Winner: Best Documentary, London Short Film Festival 2018
Supported by BFI and Wellcome Trust
Based on an unrealized film script written in 1964 for The Homosexual Law Reform Society, a British organisation that campaigned for the decriminalization of homosexual relations between men, The Colour Of His Hair merges drama and documentary into a meditation on queer life before and after the partial legalization of homosexuality in 1967.
Video Link︎︎
Interview︎︎
Cast:
Sean Hart
Josh O’Connor
Crew:
Camera – Jessica Sarah Rinland
Editor – Alexandros Pissourios
Lighting – Oscar Oldershaw
Sound – Joe Campbell
Music – Leslie Deere
Colourist – Chloe Thorne
Camera Assistant – Ada Wesolowska
Hair & Makeup – Renee Vaughan Sutherland
Premiere: International Film Festival Rotterdam 2017
Winner: Best Documentary, London Short Film Festival 2018
Supported by BFI and Wellcome Trust