Shirkers
“There are movers, there are shakers, and there are shirkers.”
2018•1h 37m•7.2•Released
Documentary
In 1992, teenager Sandi Tan shot Singapore's first indie road movie with her enigmatic American mentor Georges – who then vanished with all the footage. Twenty years later, the 16mm film is recovered, sending Tan, now a novelist in Los Angeles, on a personal odyssey in search of Georges' vanishing footprints.
Director
Sandi Tan
Writer
Sandi Tan
Languages
English
Studio
Cinereach
Cast
Sandi Tan
Self
Sophia Siddique Harvey
Self
Georges Cardona
Self (archive footage)
Philip Cheah
Self
Jasmine Ng Kin Kia
Self
Stephen Tyler
Self
Production
Company
Cinereach
Company
Doc Society
Producer
Jessica Levin
Producer
Maya E. Rudolph
Producer
Sandi Tan
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