Trail of the Spider
9.5/100h 54m2008

Overview
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.
Genres
Western
Production Companies

Film London Artists’ Moving Image Network
Arts Council of England
The Elephant Trust
Additional Information
Original Title:Trail of the Spider
Original Language:English
Status:Released