(Trail of the Spider)

Content: Trail of the Spider transposes Western genre motifs and the suppressed racial history of the American west (where one in three cowboys were black or Mexican) onto the transforming landscape of East London. Questioning and re-imagining the Western’s portrayal of the “Vanishing Frontier” , the film extends the metaphor to the material and psychological conditions of a present day city increasingly dominated by volatile financial speculations and private interests.

Countries:

United Kingdom

Genres:

Western

Runtime:

54 minutes

Year:

2008

Directors:

Anja Kirschner

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Production companies:

Film London,

Film London Artists’ Moving Image Network,

Arts Council of England,

The Elephant Trust

Actors:

The Man with No Name

Marnie

Turnwood

Dr. Harwell Carver

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Crews:

Director

Second Unit Cinematographer

Sound Recordist

Production Assistant

Editorial Consultant