FILM: inside out storytelling
SCRIPTS  ·  CONCEPTS
It all starts with a script and DMo creates original scripts/IP for features, shorts and series, mixing subrealist elements with diverse genres for the art playground's style of storytelling...
Be-Longing: The Series
TV SERIES (2021/22)  |  IN DEVELOPMENT  |  DRAMEDY

​Khoji, now a young teen, is still trying to figure out who he is and battle with his inner demons as he gets passed around the care system, while his birth parents try to get it together.
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​Written by Danielle 'DMo' Oke   |   Director: Mike McKenzie   |   Production: DrumCam Films / Mad4 Films
Cast: TBA
​Crew: TBA
Snowball
FEATURE FILM (2020/21)  |  IN PRE-PRODUCTION  |  DRAMA, TRUE STORY

​Adapted from the critically acclaimed memoir “Oi” that tells the harrowing personal journey of Snowball, a spirited, humoristic young boy growing up through the 1960-70s childcare system of Great Britain. Within the horrific system that made countless victims of the very children it was designed to protect, there is a story of human resilience, both devastating and inspiring in equal measure.
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​Screenplay by Danielle 'DMo' Oke   |   Adapted from novel by David L. Jackson   |   Production: DrumCam Films
Cast: TBA
​Crew: TBA
​Two Minutes To Midnight
SHORT FILM (2019)  |  IN POST-PRODUCTION  |  DRAMA, SUBREALISM

As the doomsday clock reads two minutes to midnight, two modern warrior women, with complicated pasts, must come together to fight the rogue tyrants responsible for global atrocities.
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​Screenplay by Danielle 'DMo' Oke   |   Directed by Youssef Sefiani   |   Produced by Youssef Sefiani / sefianiy Ltd
Cast: Candice Desmet (Alice), Yuu Ki (San)
Dancing Around The World
DOCUMENTARY (2018)  |  77:33 min  |  DANCE, SOCIAL

A crowdsourced dance documentary video comprising an arranged series of twenty videos selected from public submissions from five continents, together with five world-renowned dance companies, each using the unifying language of dance movement to tell their story. The project was conceived to remind people of that which unites us during a time of misguided separatism.
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​A DMoArtWorlds Production in Association with ReiMoves   |   Directed, produced & edited by Danielle 'DMo' Oke +
Music by Paolo Canaglia
+Featured submissions/co-directors: Sujin Lee (South Korea/Austria), Valeria Famularó (Italy/UK), Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company (Israel), Mohammad Abbasi (Iran), Raquel Santiago Boluda (Spain/USA), Stellario Di Blasi (Italy), Justyna Sochaj (Poland/UK), Gati Dance Forum - Summer residency program (India), Candoco Dance Company (UK), Alice Kok (South Africa), Sara Donati / Bottega Danza (Italy), Nadia Vadori-Gauthier (Canada/ France), D.ID Dance Identity (Austria), Melva Medina / Abel Vázquez / Nahualli Casa de los Artistas (Mexico), Kids Caring For Country / Sharon Shostak (Australia), Monica Brunello / ReiMoves (Italy/UK), Brumachon-Lamarche (France), Yeri Anarika (Mexico/Germany/ Holland/Belgium), Camila Caeron / Ecstatic Dance Temple (Brazil/Australia), CSC / Casa della Danza / DanceWell Project (Italy)
Unnatural Abstractions
​​SHORT FILM (2017)  |  06:18 min  |  DRAMA, SCI-FI

​Tech wizard Raz is sent a brief to develop a harmless drug, one that gives a high without a fall.  The lines of reality soon blur when he introduces his friend Peono to his latest creation, in the form of a mobile app.
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​Written & directed by Danielle 'DMo' Oke   |   Produced by Danielle 'DMo' Oke / Isosceles Triangle Production
Soundtrack by Danielle 'DMo' Oke and Nicolas Lewentorp
Cast: Sabrina Chiemeka (Peono), Jamie Hogarth (Raz)
​Crew: Ernesto Tapia Vélez (DoP/Editor), Chiman Rahimi (1st AD), Joe Conneely (Sound), Jorge Laguna (Sound Editor), Lina Skaisgiryte (Production Assistant), Grant Leis (Production Assistant)
Be-Longing
SHORT FILM (2015)  |  14:00 min  |  DRAMA

​​​​Khoji, a young boy in foster care, is trying to figure out who he is whilst coming to terms with being removed from his birth family and placed within the care system.
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​Written by Danielle 'DMo' Oke   |   Directed by Mike McKenzie   |   Produced by Marilyn Napaul / DrumCam Films
Cast: Casey McKenzie (Khoji), Vanessa White Smith (Mrs Miller), Karl Myers (Mr Miller), Niah McKenzie (Tisha), Kyle Purcell (Nathaniel), Siam Hurlock-Noel (Teacher), Kate Hayes (Social Worker)
Crew: Lee Daley (DoP), John Joe O’Driscoll (1st AD), Brando Mosca (Sound), Zoe Kaperski (Art Director), Emily Jane-Williams (Hair & Make-Up)
Wake Up
SHORT FILM (2015)  |  11:54 min  |  DRAMA, SUBREALISM, SUSPENSE

​​​​Mid-accident, a young woman named Esna finds herself in a strange dark space where she comes face to face with her losses, as she contemplates whether she has reason to live.

​Written & directed by Danielle 'DMo' Oke   |   Produced by Elliot Grove / Raindance Raw Talent
Music composed by Riccardo Messori
Cast: Katie Goldfinch (Esna), Richard Dee-Roberts (Mellem), Sammy Foster (Light), Katy Slater (Esna's Mother)
Crew: Ernesto Tapia Vélez (DoP/Editor), Chiman Rahimi (1st AD), Tony Errico (Sound), Alice Jones (Hair & Make-Up), Damian Nowicki (Production Assistant), Lina Skaisgiryte (Production Assistant)
Distribution: WEP Productions at dailyme.tv for the German-speaking territories of Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Glimmer of Hope
DOCUMENTARY (2014)  |  MUSIC, HISTORICAL

Documentary about London's Tin Pan Alley, with focus on 2014's Denmark Street Music Festival organized by local resident Alastair Choat. The film celebrates and captures the street's diverse creative culture before the major redevelopments that ensued. It includes footage of the street's famous music venue 12 Bar Club before its closure.
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​Scripting and consultation by Danielle 'DMo' Oke   |   Directed and edited by Rob Nixon
Produced by Suzanne Baker-Downes / 6568 Films   |   Executive Producer: Alastair Choat
Africa Music Television
TV PILOT (2012)  |  COMMUNITY, AFRICAN DIASPORA

TV pilot for series hosting news and what’s trending across the African diaspora, including music, fashion, film, dance, culture and community. Created to coincide with the annual AM Fest that showcases Afro and Afro-Caribbean musical talents of both emerging and established artistes in the UK.
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​Scripting and co-production by Danielle 'DMo' Oke   |   Produced by Gabriel Ewulomi / G4 Production
Hosted by Tee Ali
The Nightlings
GRAPHIC NOVEL SERIES BASED ON ANIME CONCEPT (2006)  |  YOUNG ADULT, SCI-FI

A group of teenagers discover they no longer need to sleep through the night. The teens band together to form the Nightlings and take to the city rooftops, where they live as outcasts. Some see their gift as a portent, a sign that the world is changing; others see it as a form of permission to party forever. Rival factions emerge. Tribes. One of the teens, Jennifer, discovers something unholy about their new-found power that threatens to change their world forever…
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​Writer/researcher: Danielle 'DMo' Oke   |   Based on anime concept by Robert Chandler   |   Animation studio: C.H.A.S.E. Imagination
Publishers: TOKYOPOP / HarperCollins Publishers
The Calling of Brother Joe
DOCUMENTARY (2000)  |  SPIRITUAL

​Documentary following the story of Ghanaian ‘Scottie’, from wheeler-dealer to spiritual healer and leader of his own camp of followers.

​Development writer, researcher, cinematographer’s assistant: Danielle 'DMo' Oke   |   Cinematography & production: Lindon Rankin
Kakatsitsi: Master Drummers From Ghana
DOCUMENTARY (1999)  |  MUSIC

​Documentary following the trials and tribulations of master drumming group Kakatsitsi as they enter England to tour and experiment with their own brand of fusion music, combining traditional African sounds of the Ga tribe and other West African cultures with modern Western music.

​Development writer, researcher, cinematographer’s assistant: Danielle 'DMo' Oke   |   Cinematography & production: Lindon Rankin
Lead master drummer: Injoly Addo   |   General manager: Steve Peake