The Ayes Have It – Motion Poems by Savanah Leaf
Meet Savanah Leaf, 24-year-old Director, Photographer, Creative, and Olympian.
Ms. Leaf has earned herself a rather impressive résumé, screening in Afro Punk, Cannes Short Corner, Vimeo Staff Picks, London Short Film Festival, Dazed and Confused, Booooooom TV, Ladies with Lenses, and Pixar Animation Studios.
We were blown away by her film ‘The Ayes Have It” a beautiful project dedicated to Emmett Till, Trayvon Martin and every family denied justice.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Todd Boss, Egg Creative, Claire McGirr
PRODUCER
Edward Freeman
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Joel Honeywell
EDITOR
Pete Fullarton
IN ASSOCIATION WITH
Stink Films
“The Ayes Have It,” a poem by Tiana Clark. ©2012 Tiana Clark. Used by permission. This poem first appeared in Raven Chronicles.
STORY BY
Savanah Leaf
STARRING
Ayesha McMahon
Isiah Chambers
Ajani Johnson–Goffe
Olivia Bright
Harry Tibble
Connie Freeman
Skyla Wilson
Ayaana Aschkar-Stevens
Mulan Itoje
Pippa Christian
Laurence Sessou
Jason Ryall
Victoria Blauss
VOICEOVER ARTIST
Malina Tirrell
CASTING BY
Savanah Leaf
Tytiah Blake
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Sophia Dembitzer
FIRST ASSISTANT CAMERA
Andrew Bradley
Ondrej Rybar
SECOND CAMERA ASSISTANT
Carmen Pellón Brussosa
STEADICAM OPERATOR
Jake Whitehouse
CAMERA TRAINEE
Kairo Jones
Vivien Goddard-Stephens
GAFFER
Ben Miller
ART DEPARTMENT
Georgia Charter
HAIR
Susy Etionsa
MAKE-UP
Yvette Francesca
STYLIST
Sophia Dembitzer
STINK FILMS
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
Andrew Levene
THE MILL
COLOURIST
Oisin O’Driscoll
PRODUCER
Dan Kreeger
SOUND DESIGN
Ben Chick
FOLEY EDITOR
Sophia Hardman
RE-RECORDING MIXER
Will Miller
VOICEOVER RECORDED BY
Warren Latimer
VOICEOVER DIRECTED BY
Alison Leaf
MUSIC
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Bon Iver
WRITTEN & PERFORMED BY
Michael L Lewis
Justin Deyarmond Edison Vernon
COURTESY OF
Jagjaguwar
MUSICAL CONSULTANT
We Are Theodore