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Digital documentary / 2021

Idris Elba - Explain This

Esquire / Hearst

Selected work directed by Souvid “JIJO” Datta. Production partners and collaborators are credited below.

An interview with actor, producer and musician Idris Elba for Esquire’s Explain This series, filmed alongside the magazine’s winter cover shoot.

From the film.

Frames & making

IDRIS ELBA - still 1 — Idris Elba - Explain This · Film still 1

IDRIS ELBA - still 2 — Idris Elba - Explain This · Film still 2

IDRIS ELBA - still 3 — Idris Elba - Explain This · Film still 3

IDRIS ELBA - still 4 — Idris Elba - Explain This · Film still 4

IDRIS ELBA - still 5 — Idris Elba - Explain This · Film still 5

The people behind the work

Credits.

Director: Souvid Datta
Assistant Director: Melanie Cura Daball
Producer: Manecha Guillaume Carly Bivona
Grade & Titles: Esquire Internal
Commissioned by: Dorenna Newton

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