Directing

John Davies

Known for

Directing

Credits

8 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

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NR

A comedic short about a devout Catholic girl, Mary, who brings home her new boyfriend to her equally devout parents. After pronouncing that the boyfriend is the anti-Christ, Mary's parents decide to "cleanse" him.

The Cleansing

1980

Phunny Business: A Black Comedy poster
6.5

A bittersweet valentine to All Jokes Aside, a little known, but extremely influential, black-owned Comedy Club. Comedy, race and Chicago politics collided at this cultural gem and we hope our humorous telling of this story will provoke discussion, and in some small way, promote a greater understanding between the races.

Phunny Business: A Black Comedy

2012

Phunny Business: A Black Comedy poster
6.5

A bittersweet valentine to All Jokes Aside, a little known, but extremely influential, black-owned Comedy Club. Comedy, race and Chicago politics collided at this cultural gem and we hope our humorous telling of this story will provoke discussion, and in some small way, promote a greater understanding between the races.

Phunny Business: A Black Comedy

2012

Phunny Business: A Black Comedy poster
6.5

A bittersweet valentine to All Jokes Aside, a little known, but extremely influential, black-owned Comedy Club. Comedy, race and Chicago politics collided at this cultural gem and we hope our humorous telling of this story will provoke discussion, and in some small way, promote a greater understanding between the races.

Phunny Business: A Black Comedy

2012

Acceptable Levels poster
7.0

A BBC film crew is interviewing a ‘typical Catholic family’ in the Divis Flats area of Belfast, when news comes in that a child, known to the family, has been hit by a stray plastic bullet fired by a British soldier – a version of events contested by the army. Back in London, editing the footage, the producer and researcher on the project wrestle with how to present the incident, and with their responsibility to the people in the film.

Acceptable Levels

1983

Acceptable Levels poster
7.0

A BBC film crew is interviewing a ‘typical Catholic family’ in the Divis Flats area of Belfast, when news comes in that a child, known to the family, has been hit by a stray plastic bullet fired by a British soldier – a version of events contested by the army. Back in London, editing the footage, the producer and researcher on the project wrestle with how to present the incident, and with their responsibility to the people in the film.

Acceptable Levels

1983

Sizwe Bansi Is Dead poster
NR

Two Black South Africans discover what it means to lose their passbooks, which they must carry yo prove their identity during the apartheid era

Sizwe Bansi Is Dead

1974

Maeve poster
6.3

Maeve returns home to Belfast after a long absence. Her arrival in the city stimulates a series of memories of childhood and adolescence both in herself and other people.

Maeve

1981