1 Giant Leap

The Eco Film on Friday, November 6th:

1 Giant Leap

Genre: Documentary. Directors: Duncan Bridgeman and Jamie Catto. UK, 2002. 85 minutes.

This film was created by the same filmmakers that made ‘What About Me.’ In ‘1 Giant Leap’ they travel the world meeting and recording their musical and philosophical heroes from Kurt Vonnegut to Brian Eno, from Dennis Hopper to Baaba Maal, from Michael Stipe to Lynton Kwesi Johnson, putting the words, the music and the images into an operatic pop video/travelogue/philosophical tract. The film is comprised of 12 themes based on concepts such as love, spirituality, death, masks & roles and time.

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