Project Detail

Mystic Fighters

Synopsis

Mystic Fighters will take your breath away with a strong
cinematography based on a character driven narrative and you will
discover the deadly art of stick fighting in Trinidad & Tobago like no one has approached it before.

It takes you into a world beyond preconceptions where the poorest becomes the man of knowledge and the guardian to one of the eldest traditions based on the interaction between man and nature.

Details

Year
2012
Type of project
Features
Running time
50 mins
Format
HD
Director
Sophie Meyer
Producer
Neigeme Glasgow-Maeda, Maria Nunes
Executive Producer
Sophie Meyer
Editor
Sophie Meyer
Director of Photography
Sean Edghill
Sound
Kasi Foster, Simon Gumbleton, Alisdair Mc Gregor

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Production Status

Production Company

Sophie Meyer

E: sophiemey@gmail.com

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