Written and Directed by
PENNY WOOLCOCK
Produced by
RUTH KENLEY-LETTS
Executive Producer
MICHAEL MORRIS
DANIEL PERCIVAL
GER RYAN
CLARE-HOPE ASHITEY
ANTHONY JOHNSON
DELROY MOORE
MICHAEL TULLOCH
JUSTIN SMITHERS
and introducing MATTHEW SMITH as ‘Dada’
and
BERNARD HILL
Director of Photography
JAKOB IHRE
Production Designer
CHRISTINA MOORE
Wasteman by
ANTONY GORMLEY
Editor
BRAND THUMIM
Music Composed by
MALCOLM LINDSAY
Casting Director
JILL TREVELLICK CDG
Costume Designer
SUZANNE CAVE
| Cast in Order of Appearance | |
| Raft Boys | Reza Ali Vladimir Jacsik Muhim Ahmed Carlos Yesiloz |
| Little Zipporah | Odera Muriel Ojukwu |
| Jethro | Delroy Moore |
| Young Levi | Muska Khpal |
| Baby Moses | Jack and Stephen Greenhough |
| Little Aaron | Aston Fredericks |
| Pharoah Mann | Bernard Hill |
| Batya Mann | Ger Ryan |
| Reporter | Harcus Copper |
| Loony Preacher | Justin Smithers |
| Moses | Daniel Percival |
| Zipporah | Clare-Hope Ashitey |
| American Reporter | Renee Salewski |
| Tour Guide | Sarah Nash |
| Model Resident | Martin Taylor |
| Aaron | Anthony Johnson |
| Robbed Tourist | Margaret Avery |
| Ali | Dritan Kastrati |
| Look Out Boy | Liam Nixon |
| Street Kids | Olivia Martinez Jesse Johnson Brown Jordan Collins Harry Robson Charlie Robson Amber Currie |
| Dada | Matthew Smith |
| Older Levi | Katerina Jugati |
| Bo | Michelle Lam |
| Newsreader | Crispin Letts |
| Jason | Jason Pile-Grey |
| Yardman | Michael Tulloch |
| Storyteller | Blanche Williams |
| Doctor | Jane Osano |
| Red Sea Girl | Milli-Rose Rubin |
| Wedding Singer | Bob Meadows |
| Gershom | Troy Stewart-Williams |
| School Children | Sophia Qureshi Cydney Lawlor Kieron Sackett Henrietta Lawrence Nokuphiwa Ntshangase Jacob Cook Toni Markovitch |
| Chief Constable | Peter Dolding |
| Chang | Damrong Garbutt |
| Tilly | Jean Stanley |
| Professor Marcus | Barry Letts |
| Ring-a-Roses Girls | Tianah Thomas Jazmine Gibson Holly Forbes Lucy Downes |
| War Council Woman | Ruth Davies |
| Shebeen Singer | Martyn Jacques |
| Home Official | Ben Sawyer |
| Funeral Singer | Bill Calder |
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Line Producer
ANDREW LITVIN
First Assistant Director
MARCO CIGLIA
Director’s Assistant and Casting Assistant
LUCY PARDEE
Art Director
NEAL CALLOW
Set Decorator
SARA AGHDAMI
Script Editor
ELAINE COLLINS
Make Up and Hair Designer
SUZANNE JANSEN
Sound Recordist
TIM FRASER
Post Production Supervisor
ALISTAIR HOPKINS
| For Artangel | |
| Co-Directors | James Lingwood & Michael Morris |
| Administrative Director | Cressida Hubbard |
| Head of Interaction | Rachel Anderson |
| Head of Programmes & Production | Rob Bowman |
| Admin & Projects Assistant | Sarah Davies |
| Production Assistant | Tom Dingle |
| Finance Officer and Publications | Sian Emmison |
| Head of Development | Bethany Pappalardo |
| Head of Press and Publicity | Janette Scott |
| Interaction Associate | Rehana Zaman |
| Exodus Publicity Co-ordinator | Gill Roth |
| Exodus Intern | Elise Routledge |
| Clore Leadership Programme Fellow | Maria Bota |
| For Channel 4 | |
| Commissioning Editor, Arts & Performance/Executive Producer | Jan Younghusband |
| Commercial Affairs Manager | Helen Dudley |
| Program Finance Manager | Rebecca O’Conner |
| Program Finance Manager | Hilary Stewart |
| Assistant Program Finance Manager | Bronwyn MacConville |
| Commercial Affairs Assistant | Carla Ward |
| Editorial Assistant | Libby Watson |
| Legal and Compliance Lawyer | Hamish Thomson |
| For Creative Partnerships Kent | |
| Founding Director | Anna Cutler |
| Exodus Project Manager | Fiona Kingsman |
| Production Accountant | Karen Hinton |
| Assistant Accountant | Brendan Whiston |
| Line Producer for Development | Jules Hussey |
| Production Co-ordinator | Katie Bevell |
| Production Secretary | Sonay Ozen |
| Production Assistant | Richard Rowntree |
| Wasteman Build and Volunteers Co-ordinator | Marina Parker |
| Rushes Runner | Olivia Wakeford |
| Second Assistant Director | Diane Kasperowicz |
| Third Assistant Director | Lucy Thomas |
| Set Runner | Lee Maxwell Simpson |
| Dialect Coach | Sandra Butterworth |
| Location Manager | Jodi Moore |
| Unit Manager | Alex Lau |
| Location Assistant | Billy James Jefford |
| Production Stills | Thierry Bal Phil Fisk |
| Focus Pullers | Will Humphris Chunky Richmond |
| Clapper Loader | Brian Greenway |
| Camera Trainee | Paul Shottner |
| Grip | Philip Coleman |
| Grip Trainee | Stephen Fontana |
| Underwater Cameraman | Mark Silk |
| Underwater Gaffer | Bernie Prentice |
| Assistant Editor | Justinian Buckley |
| Gaffer | Mitchell Spooner |
| Best Boy | Drew Slater |
| Electrician | Joe Nuttall |
| Legal Services | Robb Klein and Lisa Rishton, SJ Berwin LLP |
| Auditors | Steve Joberns, Shipleys |
| Insurance Broker | Media Insurance |
| Broker | Richard Moore |
| For Wasteman | |
| Supervising Technician | Will Shannon |
| Structural Engineer | Gary Elliott |
| Rigging | Unusual Rigging Alan Jacobi Jason White Daz Brookes John McDonough |
| Rigging for Filling | Outback Rigging Erik Gibbons Ralph Farebrother |
| Volunteers | Lola Christopher Paul Cox Peggy Eagle Mashallah Garibi Jake Hannaford Lynsey Harrison Lisa Hawkins Emma Impett Hannah Lees David Nyokbi Viv Smith Geoff Wiggins |
| Assistant Art Director | Dixon Graterol |
| Art Department Assistants | Roxanna Tesla Lisa Hall Matt Deely |
| Property Master | Martin Kingsley |
| Chargehand Props | Alan Jones |
| Chargehand/Stand-by Props | Quentin Davis |
| Stand-by Props | Craig Guinan |
| Property Hands | Alex King Jason Wood Keith Pitt |
| Prop Makers | Sara Elizabeth Austin Dan Lewis |
| Dressing Props | Jonathan McAvoy |
| Dressing Props Assistant | Steve Licence |
| Props Trainees | Gregory Ovenden Jonathan Hillier Thea Tait |
| Props Assistants | Shana Hendry Tracey Leanne Edwards |
| Construction Manager | Graham Wardale |
| HoD Carpenter | Giles Rowntree |
| Carpenters | Aaron Pugh Adrian Rayment Darren James Wiltshire Dean Mansfield D Mod-el Tarjomani |
| Construction Trainees | David Kelly Kevin Terry |
| Carpenter | Andrew Robert Horsley |
| HoD Painter | Bruce Williams |
| Scenic Artist | Gary Phillips |
| Set Painter | Vincent Pugh Andrew Jones |
| Painter Trainees | Jackie Harrison Margaret Avery |
| Painter Volunteers | Cameron Heather Taylor Leza Walton Stuart Povey |
| Sculptors | Andrew Baldwin Alma Caira |
| Drapes | Cathy McTurk |
| Props Transport | Kevin Springer |
| Materials Recycling | MPL Recycling |
| Sign Writer | Tony Stratham |
| Graphic Design | Fresh Produce Beeping Bush |
| Special Effects by | Prometheus Fire |
| Special Effects Supervisor | Mik Amabilino |
| Pyrotechnicians | Dave Turner Howard Neil Chris Watson |
| Armourers | Richard Hooper Dave Evans Greg Corke Joss Skottowe |
| Wardrobe Supervisor | Annette Allen |
| Costume Standbys | Gill Allright Magali Mariana Fischtein |
| Costume Breakdown | Clara Louise Alexander-Beard Ellen Mary Emily Browne Janette P Brown Richard Morley |
| Costume Assistant | Kimie Nakano |
| Costume Maker | Shirley May Price |
| Costume Trainees | Martin (Tatty) Taylor Claire Licence Dawn Hazel Smith Debbie Thomson Jennifer Kenchington Molly Thomson Peggy Eagle Sally Shergold Sheila Toner |
| Make Up Artists | Emma Sheldrick Nadia Stacey |
| Make Up Trainee | Sophie Cox |
| Boom Operator | Kelly Stewart |
| Sound Assistant | Ben Collinson |
| Stunt Co-ordinator | Peter Pedrero |
| Stunt Players | Jimmy O’Dee Abbi Collins Amanda Foster Ian Van Temperley Russell MacLeod Aldonio (Danny) Freitas Maxine Whittaker Juliette Cheveley |
| Stunt Babies | Fouzi Nadji Max Turner |
| Key Chaperone | Yvonne Araffa |
| Chaperones | Doreen Cook Jackie Quigley Jane Moore Lyn Brooker |
| Tutors | Claire Farrington Veronica Jones |
| Unit Drivers | Andrew Mitchell Ryan Derek Sackett Tim Savill |
| 2nd Unit Film Crew | |
| Camera Operators | Simon Vickery Dave Wyatt |
| Focus Pullers | Leo Holba Robin Horn Sally Low John Watters |
| Clapper Loader | Mark Nutkins |
| Sound Recordists | Sam Diamond John Hagenstede Ian Sands Calum Thomson |
| Catering | Reel Meals |
| Catering Team | Joe Hill Matthew Pearce Wendy Lee |
| Live Event Team, Production Manager | Jonathan Bartlett |
| Consultant | Hilary Westlake |
| Margate HQ Personnel | Jane Moore Delroy Moore |
| Margate HQ Administrator | Sarah Christensen |
| Digi-beta Cameraman | Mick Etherton |
| EPK by | Andrew Palmer |
| Health and Safety Advisor | Malcolm Pearce |
| Paramedics | Peter Britten Bob Wright Ian Field |
| VFX | Rushes Post Production |
| VFX Supervisors | Jonathan Privett Hayden Jones |
| VFX Producer | Louise Hussey |
| Senior Compositor | Gavin Digby Kate Porter |
| Compositor | Alex Llewellyn Shane Costar |
| CG Artist | Lee Tibbetts |
| Post Production | Molinare |
| Senior Colourist | Tim Waller |
| DI Technician | Andy Richards |
| Digital Film Supervisor | Andrew Dearnley |
| DI Technician | Matt James |
| Senior DI Online Editor | Des Murray |
| Titles | Simon Kilroe Ant Webb |
| Film Consultant | Len Brown |
| Post Production Co-ordinator | Nina Khan |
| Managing Director Molinare | Mark Foligno |
| Chief Executive | Steve Milne |
| Dubbing Mixer | Billy Mahoney |
| Assistant Dubbing Mixer | Adam Powell |
| Sound Supervisor | Michael Maroussas |
| Sound Design | Paul Carter |
| Foley Mixer | Edward Colyer |
| Assistant Foley Mixer | Glen Gathard |
| Foley Artists | Jack Stew Jenny Lee-Wright |
| Foley Editors | Billy Mahoney Jnr Paul Edwards |
| Film Laboratory Processing | Soho Images/ToddAo |
| Lab Contact | John Taylor |
| Dailies at Molinare | Graham Holtom |
| Film Laboratory Print | Deluxe Laboratories Ltd |
| Laboratory Liaison | Clive Noakes |
| Film Grader | Alec Gibson |
| Film Stock | Kodak Ltd |
| Camera Equipment supplied by | Joe Dunton & Co |
| Lighting Equipment Supplied by | First Light Media Arri Lighting Rental |
“Hailstones’ written and performed by Martyn Jacques
Courtesy of Misery Guts Music
With thanks to Sophie Seashell
Speaking bone inspired by the work of Wendy Ewald in Margate (Towards a Promised Land)
Filmed on location in Margate, Kent – with heartfelt thanks to the many residents of Thanet with whom we worked.
The Producers would like to thank:
Maureen Thoroughgood, Alan Marcus, Robbie Ryan, Crispin Letts, SJ Berwin LLP, Louise Hussey at Rushes, Anna Cutler, Hannah Barry, Pony, Toby Hunter and Kevin Lodge at Margate Town Centre Regeneration Company, Isle of Thanet Gazette, Sarah Maxfield.
Special thanks for the Plague Songs Project:
Laurie Anderson, Cody ChesnuTT, King Creosote, Brian Eno, Imogen Heap, Martyn Jacques/The Tiger Lillies, Klashnekoff, Stephin Merritt, Rufus Wainwright, Scott Walker, Robert Wyatt, Mary King, David Coulter, Nicki Setterfield, Charles and Cathy Negus-Fancey, Chris Sharp.
Artangel would like to pay special tribute to the late John Eldridge for his generosity and support.
Commissioned and Produced by Artangel (Margate Exodus Ltd) in association with Creative Partnerships Kent/Arts Council England and Channel 4.
Funding Partners: Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Kent County Council, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and The Company of Angels
Exodus Special Angels: ARK (Absolute Return for Kids), Ron Beller and Jennifer Moses, Arpad Busson, Chear Foundation, Maria Gripenberg, Fatima and Eskandar Maleki, Gemma Jackson, Nicci Gerrard and Sean French.
Artangel’s programmes are made possible through the generous support of Arts Council England, London, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, The Company of Angels and Artangel International Circle: The Cranford Collection, Guy and Andrea Dellal, Joe and Marie Donnelly, Mala and Oliver Haarmann, David and Sarah Kowitz, Jennifer McSweeney, Catherine and Franck Petitgas, Pascale Revert and Peter Wheeler, Cora and Kaveh Sheibani, Iwan and Manuela Wirth, Anita and Poju Zabludowicz, Michael Zilkha.
All names, characters and incidents portrayed in this film are fictitious. No identification with actual persons either living or dead is intended or should be inferred.
No animals or birds were maltreated or harmed during the production of this film.