Imagine, the Sky

Imagine, the Sky, is a 2011 Swiss-Sierra Leonean documentary drama film directed and produced by Brigitte Kornetzky for MagpieDream Pictures as an independent film.[1] The film stars Matilda Bangs in lead role along with Hawa Momoh, John Mangura, Mussu Suray, Regina Sesay and John George.

Imagine, the Sky
Directed byBrigitte Kornetzky
Produced byBrigitte Kornetzky
Written byBrigitte Kornetzky
StarringMatilda Bangs
Hawa Momoh
John Mangura
Mussu Suray
Regina Sesay
John George
Music byBrigitte Kornetzky
CinematographyBrigitte Kornetzky
Edited byBrigitte Kornetzky
Distributed byMagpieDream Pictures
Release date
31 January 2011
Running time
83 min.
CountrySierra Leone
LanguageEnglish

The documentary deals with life of pupils at the Milton Margai School for the Blind in Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa. In the film, she took part in seven different roles other than director: producer, editor, writer, cinematographer, sound editor, art director and composer. During the making of documentary, she helped the people in Sierra Leone through her co-founded organization: 'A Grain of Change'.[2] The film had its premier on 31 January 2011 at 40th Rotterdam International Film Festival. The film received critical acclaim and screened at several film festivals[3] including, 27th Warsaw Film Festival and International Human Rights Festival in Albania.[4]

The film was distributed worldwide by MagpieDream Pictures.[5]

Cast
  • Matilda Bangs
  • Hawa Momoh
  • John Mangura
  • Mussu Suray
  • Regina Sesay
  • John George

References
  1. "Imagine, the Sky". filmweb. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  2. "Imagine, the Sky: Brigitte Uttar Kornetzky". IFFR. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  3. "Imagine, the Sky by Brigitte Uttar Kornetzky". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  4. "Imagine, the Sky". Brigitte Kornetzky official website. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  5. "Imagine, the Sky by Brigitte Uttar Kornetzky Switzerland, January 2011". swissfilms. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
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