Miu Miu Spring/Summer 2024 Fashion Show | Director's Cut by Sophia Al-Maria
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“What if I told you, you aren’t the hero in your own story but the villain in someone else’s?”

In this special project for Miu Miu, artist Sophia Al-Maria offers us an old story with a new twist. Gravity ∞ Grace is a fairy tale ending (of the world) about a court jester and a royal guard who can’t agree if life is a tragedy or comedy. The pair gaslight, gate-keep and girl-boss each other in an epic battle over POV. Featuring original music by musicians Takiaya Reed and Scarlett Viney of Divide and Dissolve and starring stuntwoman Ayesha Hussain as archetypal twins, this one-minute recap formed the introduction to the unabridged story which played out during the Miu Miu Spring/Summer 2024 show in the Palais d’Iéna on October 3rd, 2023.

Sophia Al-Maria’s expansive work across art, publishing, film and TV is united by an urgent question of perspective: if language and stories form our POV, how can we tell fantasy from reality?

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Full Credits:

Title: Gravity ∞ Grace

STARRING Ayesha Hussain

Writer/Director Sophia Al-Maria
Creative Co-ord & Narration Mai Haward

Special Thanks to Miuccia Prada

Meiling Cooper
Shuang Li
Meriem Bennani
Shumon Basar
Marcus MacDonald
Jade Ang Jackman
Josh Johnson
Lydia Orahmane
The Dooyewaard Foundation & Mondriaan Initiative

Production Company
4Friends Films
Hi Production

Exec Producer Max Brun
Exec Producer Emilia Ponti
Producer Nina Angeleri
Producer Elisa Canale
PM Noni Couell
1st AD Michael Moore
2nd AD Jack Fontaine
Runner James Williams
DOP Jos Bitelli
Steadicam Hannah Jell
1st AC / Op Lou Macnamara
2nd AC Samara Addai
Loader Léa Aubigne
Playback Adam Forde
Playback assist Cecilia Chan
Gaffer Carolina Schmidtholstein
Desk Op Jonathan Massena de Camin
Spark: Engelbert Hurtado
Spark: Damian Cooper
Spark: Axel Morin
Grip Kylie Stubbs
Grip Assist Katie Hamilton
Set Designer Y-Lan
Art Assist Dan Freduah Gyimah
Art Assist Omar O’reilly
SFX Andrew Duffy
SFX Assistant Maurice Brooks
Action consultant Tom Connelly

Hair Emilie Bromley
Hair Assist Tia Feels
Hair Assist Becky Jamieson
Makeup Crystabel Riley
Tailor Aylin Altinelli
Manicurist Saffron Goddard
Manicurist Rebecca Orme
Studio Black Island Studios

POST
Executive Producer Max Brun
Producer Elisa Canale

Editor Léo Parmentier

Colourist Luis Reggiardo

Post Production Digital Orchard
Post Producer Noé Philipson
Head of scan. Dan Redrup

VFX Visual Edge
Andy Taplin
Rob Currie
Nick Clark-Lowes

Composer (Guitar Vocals, Synth, Piano & Soprano Saxophone) Takiaya Reed
Drummer Scarlett Viney
Recorded and Engineered by Iggy B and Takiaya Reed

Music Production, arrangement & additional composition Asmara Maroof and Daniel Pineda

Additional recording & composition Joshua Faye

Mix & Master Nicholas Wilbur

Suppliers ARRI Rentals, PANALUX, Pirate Grips

Stock 16mm Kodak
Processing & Scanning Digital Orchard

Insurance Aviva