Hemel

Directed by: Danielle Dean

Status: 2024, Complete

Produced by LONO

_{Co-commissioned by Mercer Union, Toronto; Spike Island, Bristol; and The Vega Foundation.
Supported by: Patrick Collins, Jill and Peter Kraus, Patrick and Daniela Schmitz-Morkramer, and an Anonymous Donor.}

Filmed in 16mm with an ensemble of non-actors and family, Danielle Dean’s new film is a portrait of Hemel Hempstead, where she was raised, and unfolds as a personal essay on the town’s history as a planned community under the New Towns Act.