I live, breathe, dream whatever it is that I'm writing, and that takes a deep emotional and spiritual toll, and I'm not really good with self-care when I'm writing. Who is Mamie when she's by herself?"Ĭhukwu goes on to discuss coping with the weight of telling such heavy stories: "Writing these stories that I've written so far, when I write it in a deeply spiritual, all immersive process. when I'm constructing scenes, I am always thinking about masks - who are they when they're all alone?. When asked about how she chose to capture Mamie's spirit on the page, Chukwu says, "It's not just resiliency it is survival, it is an active suppression of certain emotions that Black women are constantly put in a position of having to do it is a difference between the public and the private self. The Northman is now available on Amazon Prime.ĭon’t forget to subscribe to the Write On Podcast on iTunes!īased on the true story of Mamie Till, Till follows Mamie as she seeks justice for the brutal lynching of her son, Emmett Till. I've written poetry and novels and all sorts of things, but when it comes to film, I really think it works when you're writing with someone you know because film is already a medium of collaboration, and to go into it from the beginning, from the story level as a collaboration, I think is really great." When asked if they would recommend collaborating with a writing partner on a project, Sjón said, "I really recommend working with a co-writer on films. I wrote the first draft, and from there, we just it back and forth for eternity, all through production, all through post-production." "I had lunch with Alexander Skarsgård, who said that he wanted to make a Viking movie," Eggers said, "and I said, 'I can make a Viking movie, and I know the perfect person to write it with me,' and luckily, Sjón wanted to. Eggers and his co-writer, Sjón, chatted with Final Draft about the collaborative process of working on the script. Commissioned in response to the theme of 'a liberated future' by MAIA for The Spatial Imagination symposium, January 2021.From visionary director Robert Eggers, The Northman follows a young Viking prince (Alexander Skarsgård) on a quest to avenge his father's murder. First Performed with Cellist Millicent James, The Word Life Corral & Ikon Youth Programme, August 2021.Ģ021. Commissioned in response to Keith Piper's 'A Ship Called Jesus' exhibition at Ikon Gallery, Birmingham. Commissioned in response to Keith Piper's 'A Ship Called Jesus' exhibition at Ikon Gallery, Birmingham.Ģ021. First performed with Cellist Millicent James & The Word Life Corral, April 2022.Ģ021-22. Commissioned in response to Keith Piper's 'Jet Black Futures' exhibition at The New Art Gallery Walsall. First showcased at the Creating Joy Film Festival, April 2022.Ģ022. Commissioned by the Stephen Lawrence Research Centre (De Montfort University).
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