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There are movers, there are shakers, and there are shirkers. - Shirkers
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Title: Shirkers

Release Date: 21 Jan 2018

Runtime: 1h 36m

Genre: Documentary

Director: Cinereach, Doc Society

Production Companies: Cinereach, Doc Society

Overview: In 1992, teenager Sandi Tan shot Singapore's first indie road movie with her enigmatic American mentor Georges – who then vanished with all the footage. Twenty years later, the 16mm film is recovered, sending Tan, now a novelist in Los Angeles, on a personal odyssey in search of Georges' vanishing footprints.

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Average Vote: 7.3 (128 votes)

Cast

  • Self: Sandi Tan
  • Self: Sophia Siddique Harvey
  • Self (archive footage): Georges Cardona
  • Self: Philip Cheah
  • Self: Jasmine Ng Kin Kia
  • Self: Stephen Tyler
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