we digest what we can to create what we must.

we digest what we can to create what we must.

Rejoice Resist | a film by Elisha Smith-Leverock

An Equator Production, ‘Rejoice Resist’, Written & Directed by Elisha Smith Leverock , Cinematography by Nathalie Pitters, Costume Design by Ade Samuel & Memsor Kamarake, Production Design by Paix Robinson, Art Department by Artvomit Studios Team, Produced by Margo Mars, Lief London for IN THE BLK Collective

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With The Place, Elisha Smith-Leverock creates a film that celebrates and shows Black joy,Black resilience and Black pleasure as the ultimate form of resistan...

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by Betty Martin for Artvomit Studios Ltd.

Shanice Weekes-Brown on location in Dover

Shanice Weekes-Brown on location in Dover

ARTVOMIT STUDIOS Production Designer Paix Robinson with Art Dept Stylist Roisin O’Hare

ARTVOMIT STUDIOS Production Designer Paix Robinson with Art Dept Stylist Roisin O’Hare

Shaniqua Okwok and Zakiya Wellington on set

Shaniqua Okwok and Zakiya Wellington on set

Rhoda Ofori-Attah and Shanice Weekes-Brown on set

Rhoda Ofori-Attah and Shanice Weekes-Brown on set

Elisha Smith-Leverock and 1st Assistant Director Giselle Garcia

Elisha Smith-Leverock and 1st Assistant Director Giselle Garcia

Director Elisha Smith Leverock works with Shanice Weekes-Brown on location

Director Elisha Smith Leverock works with Shanice Weekes-Brown on location

Rhoda Ofori-Attah on set with Shanice Weekes-Brown

Rhoda Ofori-Attah on set with Shanice Weekes-Brown

Shanice Weekes-Brown on the stunning set of 'Rejoice Resist'

Shanice Weekes-Brown on the stunning set of 'Rejoice Resist'

Steadicam Op. Junior Agyeman Owusu, Camera Trainee Iona Greaves and 2nd AC Chelsea Bernard on set of Rejoice Resist

Steadicam Op. Junior Agyeman Owusu, Camera Trainee Iona Greaves and 2nd AC Chelsea Bernard on set of Rejoice Resist

Choreographer Natricia Bernard and Shaniqua Okwok rehearse

Choreographer Natricia Bernard and Shaniqua Okwok rehearse

Zakiya Wellington

Zakiya Wellington

The Electric Slide final scene was filmed on a rooftop in Croydon, London, with Rhoda Ofori- Attah joined by dancers and crew (pictured here Paix Robinson, production designer)

The Electric Slide final scene was filmed on a rooftop in Croydon, London, with Rhoda Ofori- Attah joined by dancers and crew (pictured here Paix Robinson, production designer)

Keeping the Joy with coordinator Tosin Lepe and Paix Robinson.

Keeping the Joy with coordinator Tosin Lepe and Paix Robinson.

PA Marcel Myrtill with Producer Margo Mars on set.

PA Marcel Myrtill with Producer Margo Mars on set.

Elisha Smith-Leverock with DOP Nathalie Pitters and Steadicam Operator Junior Agyeman Owusu and Producer Margo Mars.

Elisha Smith-Leverock with DOP Nathalie Pitters and Steadicam Operator Junior Agyeman Owusu and Producer Margo Mars.

Rhoda Ofori-Attah on set.

Rhoda Ofori-Attah on set.

Steadicam Operator Junior Agyeman Owusu captures Shanice Weekes-Brown in the vacated pool set.

Steadicam Operator Junior Agyeman Owusu captures Shanice Weekes-Brown in the vacated pool set.

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