FILM

Thieves is a reinterpretation of the 1924 black-and-white and the 1940 Technicolor versions of The Thief of Bagdad. In her version, Gamaker follows the words of film director Michael Powell: “to go out into the real world and turn it into a fantasy world where anything could happen”, and fantasises about mutiny on his film set. Chinese-American actor Anna May Wong and Indian-born American actor Sabu are united as fictional allies and claim lead roles in their own films. In doing so, they challenge racial discrimination in both the fictional and real film industry.