Trail of the Spider

Trail of the Spider

9.5/100h 54m2008
Trail of the Spider

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
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

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