1968: Martin Luther King, Robert Kennedy, and Bobby Hutton are among the recent dead. In Nigeria, the Civil War is entering its second year with no end in sight. In San Francisco, the adventures of Gabriel, a young Nigerian reflects tribal, personal, and racial frictions during the tumultuous sixties. Truth is stranger than fiction in Bushman, a rare sort of film portrait, part document, part imagined – poetic in its approach to real events.
Cast
Paul Eyam Nzie Okpokam
Gabriel/Bushman
Elaine Featherstone
Alma
Mike Slye
Motorcyclist
Lothario Lotho
Alma’s brother
Jack Nance
Felix
Patrick Gleeson
Marty
Donna Michelson
Diane
Ann Scofield
White Girl
James Earl Garrison
Friend
Shezwae Powell
Black Waitress
Timothy Near
Suzie
David Major
Black Friend
Curtis Branch
Curtis Branch
Florence Stanley
Steno Mask
John Dotson
John Dotson
David Schickele
Mark
Crew
David Schickele
Director, Writer, Editor
Jennifer Chinlund
Editor
David Myers
Director of Photography
Kirk Smallman
Additional Director of Photography
Stephen Lighthill
Additional Director of Photography
Andrew Drapkin
Color Grading
James Spears
Producer
Pat Riley
Producer
Arnie Cohen
Producer
Ken Valentine
Producer
Mary Colwell
Producer
Rick Paup
Producer
Daniel Loewenthal
Producer
Peter More
Sound Mixer
Paul Oppenheim
Sound Recordist
Steve Wax
Special Effects
David Ames
Music
Cindy Harwood
Script Supervisor
Gene Doherty
Production Manager
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