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EXPOSING MUYBRIDGE
WONDERLANDS
Director MARC SHAFFER (US 2021) 88 min
The story of Eadward Muybridge is one of adventure, invention, treachery, and triumph. Some know him as the creator of the zoopraxiscope (a late-nineteenth-century invention that spurred the birth of cinema), others for his photographs of the American West, but most may have never heard of him at all. With remarkable intimacy, this well-researched retrospective, and winner of the 2022 Writers Guild Award (WGA) for best Documentary Screenplay, reveals the fascinating life of an uncontainable man whose far-reaching legacy preserved Native American history and inspired scientific advancement and artistic innovation. With an engaging score, stunning archival photos, and the wit of famous Muybridge collector (and actor) Gary Oldman, Exposing Muybridge brings the bizarre and ingenious inventor’s story to life.
IN PERSON: Director MARC SHAFFER & Producer SERGINHO ROOSBLAD
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DIRECTOR
MARC SHAFFER’s more than two dozen documentaries have screened in the U.S. and internationally on PBS, National Geographic, CBS, Al Jazeera, online, and in theaters. Marc’s films have explored a wide range of issues, including environmental degradation, the war on terror, corporate corruption, immigration, growing economic inequality, and the weakening of American democracy. He tries to tell the truth.
FILM INFO
| COUNTRY: | US |
| YEAR: | 2021 |
| RUNNING TIME: | 88 min |
| LANGUAGE: | English |
| DIRECTOR: | Marc Shaffer |
| PRODUCERS: | Marc Shaffer, Elisabeth Haviland James, Serginho Roosblad
Executive Producers: Nion McEvoy, Leslie Berriman |
| CINEMATOGRAPHERS: | James Ball, John Behrens, Andreas Burgess, Jay Dacey, Wesley Johnson, Chris Patterson, Benjamin Pritchard |
| EDITOR: | Elisabeth Haviland James |
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| NOTE WRITER: | Katie Small |