Trail of the Spider

Release Date: 2008-01-01

Runtime: 54

Languages: English | Deutsch

Rating: 9.5

Votes: 1

Genres: Western

Director: David Panos

Description: 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 Lo...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.Read More

Production Companies:

Film London

Film London Artists’ Moving Image Network