Skydancer
| Production: | Penelope Pictures, ma.ja.de filmproduktion, WDR/ARTE |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Genre: | Documentary |
| Length: | 75/56/45 min |
Synopsis
The Brooklyn Bridge, the Empire State Building, the World Trade Center: for more than 120 years, Mohawk ironworkers have raised America’s modern cityscapes. They are called 'sky walkers' because they walk fearlessly atop steel beams just a foot wide, high above the city. Who are these Mohawk sky walkers? What is their secret for overcoming fear? Has 'sky walking' replaced an ancient rite of passage? Or is it the pure need to adapt in order to survive? And what is their life really like, when every Friday at quitting time, they jump in their cars and make the eight-hour drive up north to their families on the reservation? "Skydancer" is a feature length documentary that takes a provocative look at Indian life in the 21st Century.
Credits
Directed and produced by: KATJA ESSON
Co-Producers: Heino Deckert, Sabine Schenk
Associate Producers: Reaghan Tarbell, Katharina Trebitsch
Editors: ANKE WIESENTHAL, FELIX DRAWE
Camera: MARTINA RADWAN
Additional camera: KATJA ESSON, FERNE PEARLSTEIN, WOJCIECH SZEPEL
Original Music: Matthias Falkenau, Robby Baier
Additional Music: Bear Fox, Jerry McDonald Thundercloud, Scott Anderson
Additional Editor: Nancy Kennedy
Consulting Editors: Paula Heredia, Sabine Hoffman, Shelly Westerman
Sound Editor: Nani Schumann
Consultants: Corinna Sager, Katsitsionnie Fox
Commissioning Editor: CHRISTIANE HINZ