A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
November 13, 2011
Original Title:
Skydancer
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
Penelope Pictures
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 75
For more than 120 years, Mohawk ironworkers have raised America’s modern cityscapes. They are called 'sky walkers' because they walk fearlessly atop steel beams just a foot wide, high above the city. In this nuanced portrait of modern Native Americans' double lives, Jerry McDonald Thundercloud and his colleague Sky shuttle between the hard-drinking Brooklyn lodging houses they call home during the week and their rural reservation, a grueling drive six hours north, where a family weekend awaits. While the men are away working, their wives often struggle to keep their children away from the illegal temptations of an economically deprived area.
Additional Camera:
Wojciech Szepel
Ferne Pearlstein
Katja Esson
Additional Editor:
Nancy Kennedy
Additional Music:
Jerry McDonald Thundercloud
Scott Anderson
BeAr Fox
Associate Producer:
Katharina M. Trebitsch
Reaghan Tarbell
Co-Producer:
Sabine Schenk
Heino Deckert
Commissioning Editor:
Christiane Hinz
Consulting Editor:
Sabine Hoffman
Paula Heredia
Shelly Westerman
Director:
Katja Esson
Director of Photography:
Martina Radwan
Editor:
Felix Drawe
Anke Wiesenthal
Original Music Composer:
Matthias Falkenau
Robby Baier
Producer:
Katja Esson
Production Consultant:
Corinna Sager
Katsitsionni Fox
Sound Editor:
Nani Schumann
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