Siren Spirits (Bideshi)

Specs and Credits

Directed by
Frances-Anne Solomon

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Tanika Gupta

Cast (in alphabetical order)
Ronny Jhutti .... Raja
Archie Panjabi .... Joyoti
Roshan Seth .... Ajoy
Yasmin Sidhwa .... Rani
Badi Uzzaman .... Ranjan

Produced by
George Faber .... executive producer
Penny Gold .... producer
Ingrid Lewis .... producer
Frances-Anne Solomon .... producer

Cinematography by
Mike Spragg
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Siren Spirits (Bideshi) 1995

Summary

4x20 min. Short Features Four Films of Magic & the Supernatural by Women of Colour. Bideshi by Tanika Gupta, dir. F.A. Solomon. Memsahib Rita by Kumari Selago, dir. Pratibha Parmar. Get me To the Crematorium On Time by Yazmine Judd, dir. Dani Williamson. White Men Are Cracking Up by Bonnie Greer, dir. Ngozi Onwurah. BBC Films / British Film Institute.

Days before his death, a Bengali man has a prophetic dream about his journey towards enlightenment.

Excerpts from Reviews

Ghostly Offerings to Challenge Expectations

(Article added: Nov-09-04)
By Elizabeth Cowley Daily Telegram December 12, 1994 DEFIANTLY enthusiastic, independent series producer Ingrid Lewis almost dares us not to like the four 20-minute plays we are about to see. She needn't worry. BBC2's Siren Spirits  two on Christmas Day(9:45...

Tv Offerings From All-Woman Black Indepedent

(Article added: Nov-09-04)
The Times December 12, 1994 FOUR films of "magic and mystery" will be broadcast on BBC2 over Christmas in a new series, Siren Spirits. Bideshi, Get Me to the Crematorium on Time, White Men are Cracking up, and Memsahib Rita...

Dreaming of a Black Christmas

(Article added: Nov-09-04)
By Ellen Cranitch December 12, 1994 This Christmas, at a time of night when viewers habitually become sacrificial victims to the televisions set, BBC 2 plans to stimulate them into some degree of mental alertness. The channel is launching Siren...

Tales of the Unexpected

(Article added: Nov-09-04)
Fact can often be spookier than fiction, and this is proved by Siren Spirits, four ghost stories base on personal experiences? HUNGRY for original drama by Asian and Black writers, Siren Spirits was conceived to showcase the wealth of non-white...

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