Eelyn Lee
Directed by
Year
2023
Rebecca Mark-Lawson
Daria Nitsche
Starring
Zuna Newman - Abba-Yaa
Karis Musongole - Kai
Nana-Essi Casely-Hayford - Maame Ama
Bel Odawa - Yatso
John Rwothomack - Dancer
After an encounter with Kai, the spirit of the Black child she is researching, 18-year old student Abba-Yaa agrees to a bargain. On a promise to be shown something of Kai’s past, Abba-Yaa takes the trickster spirit out of the cemetery where she has been trapped for over 100 years. Kai guides Abba-Yaa back in time where she witnesses the horrors of the past, but when Abba-Yaa tries to get back to the present, Kai makes a split second decision that alters the fate of both of them.
Adapted from a short story written by Désirée Reynolds and published in the Book of Sheffield [Comma Press, 2019]. Born on Sunday Silent is based on the true story of Kai Akosua Mansah, a baby who was born and died in Sheffield in 1902.
Runtime: 12 mins
Genre: Gothic Drama
Language: English
Written by
Désirée Reynolds
Eelyn Lee
Produced by