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Scaring Women at Night film image, director Karimah Zakia Issa

Scaring Women at Night

Two strangers walking alone at night in the same direction notice each other. While one becomes increasingly afraid, the other tries—unsuccessfully—to appear less threatening.

 

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Director
Cast

Izaiah Dockery, Kavita Musty, Dashawn Blackwood

Credits
Country of Origin

Canada

Year

2022

Language

English

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Content Warning

Sexual Violence; coarse language

PG
11 min

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Fear, doubt, and loneliness give way to pleasure, empowerment, and reclamation—or, is it the other way around?

 

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Credits

Executive Producer

Shant Joshi

Producer

Lindsay Blair Goeldner, Rosalind Goodwin

Screenwriter

Ace Clamber

Cinematography

Ashley Iris Gill

Editor

Nicole Sison

Production Design

Chelsy Althea

Art Director

Krista Barleta

Director

Karimah Zakia Issa heahshot, Scaring Women at Night director

Karimah Zakia Issa

Karimah Zakia Issa is a Montreal native and London and Toronto-based filmmaker whose work is centred around crafting stories that dive into themes of overcoming and succumbing to social expectations, how self-worth is built and broken, and the dark truths that live within us all. Her project Lanes (2020) is an educational narrative dance piece that explores responsibility and participation in present-day social justice movements. Alongside her co-writer Ace Clamber, she’s developing a feature that explores a son’s journey of reconnecting with his estranged father online.