~ CO-CREATIVE LEAD, DRAMATURG & PRODUCER ~

Micro short film presented at the ETC International Theatre Conference and Young Europe IV Festival in Nova Gorica (April 2024)

Credits:
Writer: Una Marson
Co-Creative Lead, Director and Adaptor: Taio Lawson
Co-Creative Lead, Dramaturg and Producer: Olivia Poglio-Nwabali
Production Assistant: Khánh Hạ Nguyễn
Director of Photography: Jaimie Gramston
Sound Designer & Composer: Daniel Balfour
Actor: Teri Ann Bobb-Baxter
Voiceover work: Taio Lawson & Olivia Poglio-Nwabali
Video Editor: Zandile Coles

Despite her impressive achievements across multiple fields, Una Marson had been all but erased from British and Caribbean history until the efforts of organisations such as Decolonising the Archive and the Black Cultural Archives began to recover her extensive legacy as well as her role as an important theatrical voice. With ‘Pocomania’, Marson explored Jamaican nationalist sentiments and class tensions, as well as notions of cultural belonging and a strong affinity for West African spiritual practices in the face of British colonialism.