Mystic Fighters
Synopsis
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
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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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Sophie Meyer
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