Blood Trail
Synopsis
Occasionally comic, often touching, more often dark, Blood Trail, the tale of Robert King, is a unique and personal journey, a film which follows him over 15 years and through three wars.
His journey starts in Sarajevo in 1993, a 23-year-old fresh out of Art College and prepared to dodge bullets on the front line dreaming of a Pulitzer Prize. His dream proves elusive. Fired by his photo agency and
struggling to make ends meet, any swashbuckling allusions Robert holds for the career he has chosen quickly evaporate: as he realises this is one of the toughest professions in the world.
Despite himself, Robert stays in the game, over time establishing himself as a respected professional, his work making the front covers of global media titles. Over 15 years Blood Trail records Robert’s life from
boy to man, to husband and father. It is a biography, which leads from reckless naivety to maturity hardened by war and softened by family. It is a story, which forces Robert to inevitably question why he chose a profession, which involves an endless trail of death and destruction.
Details
- Year
- 2009
- Type of film
- Features
- Running time
- 78 minutes
- Format
- HD CAM
- Director
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Richard Parry
- Editor
- John Mister
- Director of Photography
- Richard Parry, Vaughan Smith
- Principal cast
- Robert King, Vaughan Smith
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Frontline Films LTD
7 Southwick mewsLondon W2 1JG
UK
T+44 (0)7973 303 681 (RP)
Sales Company
Andrew Herwitz
The Film Sales Company165 Madison Avenue, Suite 601
New York
NY 10016
USA
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