Online premiere: “Spirit” by filmmaker
@akinoladaviesjr and musician Bradley Miller, known artistically as
@cktrl . On Monday we celebrated its premiere, today the rest of the world can stream it on WePresent.
Before filmmaker Akinola Davies Jr. won his BAFTA for Outstanding Debut last weekend, he was preparing to release this special short, a sprawling ode to South
London.
This project first came about when he heard
@cktrl s album, “Spirit”, last year and was floored—and knew it needed a visual language to match its cinematic scale.
In the resulting short film shot in 16mm, the pair have brought that vision to life together.
This is a film that toes the line between documentary and narrative, and celebrates neighbourhood and the rhythms of everyday life in South London. Friends for over a decade, their closeness runs through the piece; rooted in lived relationships, it resists spectacle in favor of quiet intimacy.
Commissioned by WePresent.
In association with iconoclast and
@minute.shorts
Stream on 🔗WePresent / WeTransfer’s YouTube
Images:
@edwinlouisfilm
Words:
@nattykasambala 
