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Shirkers is a 2018 British-American documentary film by Singapore-born filmmaker Sandi Tan about the making of an independent thriller featuring a teenage assassin set in Singapore. It premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival in January and won the World Cinema Documentary Directing Award, making her the second Singapore-born filmmaker ...
In 1992, teenager Sandi Tan and her friends Sophie and Jasmine shot Singapore's first indie -- a road movie called "Shirkers" -- with their enigmatic America...
In 1992 teenager Sandi Tan shoots Singapore's first road movie with her enigmatic American mentor, Georges, who then absconded with all of the footage. The 16 mm film is recovered 20 years later ...
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Oct 26, 2018 · “Shirkers,” the documentary, is a hybrid caper confessional. Tan revisits one of the most jarring experiences of her life and invites her friends, those involved with her movie in the ‘90s, and film critics to excavate the original project that gives this documentary its name.
Oct 26, 2018 · Shirkers: Directed by Sandi Tan. With Jasmine Kin Kia Ng, Philip Cheah, Sophia Siddique Harvey, Sharon Siddique. A woman explores the events surrounding a film she and her friends began making with a mysterious stranger decades ago.
Meaning of shirker in English. shirker. noun [ C ] uk / ˈʃɜː.kə r/ us / ˈʃɝː.kɚ / Add to word list. someone who avoids something, especially work: We have no room for shirkers in this office. Synonym. slacker informal disapproving. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Laziness and lazy people. bludger. bone idle idiom. bum around. CBA.
In 1992, Sandi Tan and her friends shot a quirky film on the streets of Singapore. Then the footage disappeared, sending her on a hunt for answers. Watch trailers & learn more.
Mar 6, 2018 · Sandi Tan's documentary spins a filmmaking memoir out of the mysterious disappearance and reappearance of her 25-year-old debut feature.
Blockbuster GLOBAL. 9.54K subscribers. Subscribed. 92. 7.3K views 5 years ago. When she recovers stolen film of a movie she shot 25 years ago, novelist Sandi Tan revisits her time with the...
Oct 26, 2018 · Netflix’s Shirkers is a punk feminist documentary gem. The “original” Shirkers was Singapore’s first indie film. In the new Netflix doc, Sandi Tan reclaims its history — and her own. By ...
