With some television work and one feature under his belt In Secret (TIFF ’13), Charlie Stratton began lensing Seacole back in March of 2019 with players Sam Worthington, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Numan Acar, Sylvia Hoeks and Sean Delaney. This sophomore project was shot in Serbia and Los Angeles.
Gist: Co-written by Dianne Houston, Marnie Dickens and Stratton, this follows Mary Seacole (Mbatha-Raw), a pioneering Jamaican nurse who became known during the Crimean War for her care of wounded British soldiers. Seacole’s self-sacrifice on the front lines and fierce, adversarial relationship with Florence Nightingale during the war made her famous in her time.
Production Co./Producers: Billy Peterson.
Prediction: PREMIERES.
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available.
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