An inspired labor of love for zine-making teens Sandi Tan, Jasmine Ng and Sophie Siddique, Shirkers was a Singapore-made 1992 cult classic- or it would have been, had the 16mm footage not been stolen by their enigmatic American collaborator Georges Cardona, who disappeared. More than two decades later, Tan, now a novelist in L.A., returns to the country of her youth and to the memories of a man who both enabled and thwarted her dreams. Magically, too, she returns to the film itself, revived in a way she never could have imagined.
SHIRKERS is written, directed, produced and co-edited by Sandi Tan. The film was produced by Jessica Levin and Maya Rudolph, co-edited by Lucas Celler and Kimberley Hassett, photographed by Iris Ng, with an original score by Ishai Adar.
Launches globally on #Netflix and in select theaters
on October 26th, 2018 - In New York at the Metrograph
"5 stars! A MAGICAL DOCUMENTARY that celebrates the power of youth and friendship. An unexpected delight...This is so much more than a film about a film, it's about young women breaking the rules..."
- Charlie Phillips, The Guardian
"...A smart, idiosyncratic, one of a kind examination of the vicissitudes of cinema, and of life."
- Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
"Gloriously, gleefully idiosyncratic."
- Richard Brody, The New Yorker
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