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Through live action and animation scripting, DMo FILM dives into inside out storytelling, drawn to the below-the-surface stuff that often guides and determines our surface-level realities.
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IN A LAND FAR NORTH
in development   SERIES

Set in the tropics of Far North Queensland, Radha, an adventurous young teen manoeuvres through her coming-of-age with the wildly eccentric yet heartfelt folk of her small town, solving a few mysteries and earning a few troppo scars along the way!
CREATOR/WRITER
Danielle Oke +

DIRECTOR
TBA

CAST
TBA
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THE WALK OUT
in development   FEATURE

A traumatized and disconnected photographer, recently returned from a conflict zone, attempts to deal with her maimed reality by escaping into a desert mindscape where she must sieve through memories, thoughts and real-time interactions to expel her demons at the risk of never returning.

WRITER/DIRECTOR
Danielle Oke
CAST
TBA
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STILL BE-LONGING
in pre-production   SERIES

As he gets passed around the care system, the now teenage Khoji channels his efforts to figure out who he is and battle with his inner demons through words and rhymes, all while his birth parents try to get it together.

WRITER
Danielle Oke

DIRECTOR
Mike McKenzie
CAST
TBA
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SNOWBALL
in pre-production   FEATURE

Adapted from the critically acclaimed memoir Oi by David L. Jackson, it tells the harrowing personal journey of Snowball, a spirited, humoristic young boy growing up through the 1960s 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.
WRITER
Danielle Oke

DIRECTOR
Mike McKenzie
CAST
TBA
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TWO MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT
in post-production   SHORT

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.
WRITER
Danielle Oke

DIRECTOR
Youssef Sefiani

CAST
Candice Desmet
Yuu Ki

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BE-LONGING
(2018)   SHORT

Khoji, a sensitive 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.

WRITER
Danielle Oke

DIRECTOR
Mike McKenzie
CAST
Casey McKenzie
Vanessa White Smith
Karl Myers
Niah McKenzie
Kyle Purcell
Siam Hurlock-Noel
Kate Hayes
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DANCING AROUND THE WORLD
(2018)   DOCUMENTARY

A crowdsourced dance documentary comprising an arranged series of twenty videos from public submissions from five continents, together with world-renowned dance companies, each using the unifying language of dance movement to tell their story.
WRITER/DIRECTOR
Danielle Oke +

CAST
Candoco Dance Company
Brumachon-Lamarche
D.ID Dance Identity
Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company
Gati Dance Forum

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UNNATURAL ABSTRACTIONS
(2017)   SHORT

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.
WRITER/DIRECTOR
Danielle Oke
CAST
Sabrina Chiemeka
Jamie Hogarth
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WAKE UP
(2015)   SHORT

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.

WRITER/DIRECTOR
Danielle Oke
CAST
Katie Goldfinch
Richard Dee-Roberts

Katy Slater
Sammy Foster
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GLIMMER OF HOPE
(2014)   DOCUMENTARY

London's Tin Pan Alley comes alive with focus on 2014's Denmark Street Music Festival organized by local resident Alastair Choat, celebrating and capturing the street's diverse creative culture before major redevelopments. Includes footage of the street's famous 12 Bar Club before its closure.

WRITER
Danielle Oke

DIRECTOR
Rob Nixon
CAST
Noel McKoy

The November Five
Little Barrie
The Bermondsey 
 Joyriders
Bent Cousin

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AFRICA MUSIC TELEVISION
(2012)   SERIES

TV pilot for series hosting latest news and trends from across the African diaspora in 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.
WRITER
Danielle Oke

DIRECTOR
Gabriel Ewulomi

CAST
Tee Ali
2 Kriss
Noni Zondi
Shady
Flava and Vibe Squad
Parker Jayne
Beatrice Byakika

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KIDHOOD
(2007)   SERIES

Elementary Entertainment's pilot for a proposed educational comedy skit-series for teenagers and adults, exploring prominent social and environmental issues with comic relief from noted British comedians.

WRITER
Danielle Oke
+ other writers
E.DD.IE
+ other comedians

DIRECTOR
Aubrey Ghansah
Brian Shekoni

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THE NIGHTLINGS
(2006)   MANGA SERIES + FEATURE

A group of teenagers who discover they no longer need to sleep, band together to form the Nightlings, and take to the city rooftops where they live as outcasts. Some see their gift as a portent, others as a form of permission to party forever. Rival factions emerge. One of the teens discovers something about their new-found power that threatens to change their world forever.

WRITER
Danielle Oke

DIRECTOR
Robert Chandler
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THE CALLING OF BROTHER JOE
(2000)   DOCUMENTARY

An intimate look at the extraordinary story of Ghanaian ‘Scottie’, from wheeler-dealer to spiritual healer and leader of his own camp of followers.

WRITER
Danielle Oke

DIRECTOR
Lindon Rankin
CAST
Scottie
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KAKATSITSI
(1999)   DOCUMENTARY

Follows the trials and tribulations of high energy, 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 contemporary Western music.

WRITER
Danielle Oke

DIRECTOR
Lindon Rankin
CAST
Injoly Addo
Steve Peake
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