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Artist Shezad Dawood introduces his recent science fiction feature film.

Piercing Brightness is a science fiction film directed by acclaimed artist Shezad Dawood. Shot and set in Preston, a town noted for UFO sightings and the fastest-growing Chinese population in the UK, the film utilizes the fantastical narratives of science fiction as a prism through which to reflect on questions race and migration.

Shezad Dawood, UK, 2012, 76 mins

Soda Film + Art