What if exploited stars hijacked the colonial fantasy epic they were trapped in?
What if Sabu and Anna May Wong turned the tables on Michael Powell and his crew, during the making of The Thief of Baghdad?
Direction
Williams Gamaker weaponizes found footage like a ghost.
Acting
Performers embody historical absence with devastating precision.
Production
Seamlessly hijacks 1940s Technicolor for subversive ends.
Director
Michelle Williams Gamaker
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Williams Gamaker is part of the 'hauntology' movement in artists' moving image, where colonial film archives are reanimated to expose their original violence.
The real Sabu was marketed as 'The Elephant Boy' and never fully escaped typecasting; this film finally gives him the exit he deserved.
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