Shirkers (2018)

In 1992, teenager Sandi Tan and her friends Sophie and Jasmine shot Singapore's first indie-a road movie called "Shirkers"-with their enigmatic American mentor, Georges Cardona. Sandi wrote... See full summary »

Director:

Sandi Tan

Writer:

Sandi Tan (a film by)

Stars:

Sandi Tan, Sophia Siddique Harvey, Georges Cardona

3 wins & 14 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Sandi Tan	...	Herself
Sophia Siddique Harvey	...	Herself
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Georges Cardona	...	Himself (archive footage)
Philip Cheah	...	Himself
Ben Harrison	...	Himself
Grace Dane Mazur	...	Herself
Jasmine Kin Kia Ng	...	Herself
Stephen Tyler	...	Himself

Storyline

In 1992, teenager Sandi Tan and her friends Sophie and Jasmine shot Singapore's first indie-a road movie called "Shirkers"-with their enigmatic American mentor, Georges Cardona. Sandi wrote the script and played the lead, a killer named S. After shooting wrapped, Georges vanished with all the footage! 20 years later, the 16mm cans are recovered in New Orleans, sending Sandi-now a novelist in Los Angeles-on a new personal odyssey across two continents and many media: 16mm, digital, Hi8, Super8, slides, animation and handwritten letters. A kaleidoscopic punk rock ghost story!

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Genres:

Documentary

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 October 2018 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cinereach,Doc Society,Shirkers

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

Tick Tick
Written and performed by Weish

User Reviews

Kids from Rich Conservative Families Want to Be Outcasts & Make a Film

I see nothing but hypocrisy in this film. The main character in both the movie the group made and this documentary are the same person(s). The main character tells of how bad their self-proclaimed freelance instructor was, yet she fails to see that she has a lot of the same qualities. It is very easy to see that these girls are all from wealthy families in Singapore, and seem to have a desire to be seen as "normal" or "typical" to perhaps a western audience. Besides the pretentiousness, this documentary just goes on and on and on, and loses the viewer due to sheer boredom. It seems like it will never end. And now all I'm saying to myself is... "Please give me back those 97 minutes of my life that I just wasted by watching this".