On a Wing and a Prayer

On a Wing and a Prayer, 2016, HD Cam, 19 minutes

On a Wing and a Prayer is a film inspired by the story of Abdul Rahman Haroun, who walked through the channel tunnel on 17th August 2015. Mr Haroun was held on remand for 5 months at Elmley Prison. He has since been released and granted Asylum but was charged under The Malicious damages act of 1861 for illegal entry into the UK. The language in this bylaw, when juxtaposed against the physical and emotional feat of traversing 30 miles of the Channel Tunnel supplies the terrain for this film.


Group Exhibitions
2017 Tate Exchange, Who are we? 
2017 Talwar Gallery, New York
2017 Venice Agendas: The Contract, Turner Contemporary
2016 Contents Under Pressure, Allan De Souza and Alia Syed, The Van Every/Smith Galleries and Davidson College North Carolina

Screenings 
2017 Tate Modern, London
2017 Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival, Scotland
2017 Poetics and Politics of Documentary, University of Sussex