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.
Cast
Floyd
The Man with No Name
Claudette Bonney
Marnie
Darren Matthews
Turnwood
Robin Laine
Dr. Harwell Carver
John Barker
JB
Jessica Rattigan
Jess
Graham Morris Almond
Judah
Andrew Westcott
Benton
Neil Burrows
Surveyors' Assistant
Norman Barrow
Man on Prairie
Robin Freeman
Dead Man / Masked Man
Cameron Bain
Masked Man
Max Reeves
Man in Forest
Marlowe Chan-Reeves
Boy in Forest
Crew
David Panos
Director, Editor, Sound Designer
Anja Kirschner
Director, Writer
Matthew Noel-Tod
Director of Photography
Hugo Baltazar
Production Assistant
Alexandra Mann
Costume Designer
Charlotte Linton
Wardrobe Assistant
Jemma Hodgetts
Wardrobe Assistant
Tian Xu
Makeup Artist
Nicola Walker
Makeup Artist
Nicholas Sargeant
Second Unit Cinematographer
Francis Upritchard
Art Department Coordinator
Nicola Holloway
Art Department Assistant
Rebecca Fellows
Art Department Assistant
Emanuele Costantini
Sound Recordist
Alberto Corazon
Boom Operator
Lina Lapelyte
Boom Operator
Matthew Hyland
Original Music Composer
Seemab Gul
Prop Maker
David Mingay
Editorial Consultant
Jim Tracy
Production Manager
Ben Celiz
Art Direction
