Trail of the Spider

Trail of the Spider

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.

Release Date

January 1, 2008

Status

Released

Original Title

Trail of the Spider

Runtime

54min

Budget

Revenue

Language

English, German