Trail of the Spider

The story

Trail of the Spider transposes Western genre motifs and the suppressed racial history of the American west (where one in three cowboys were black or Mexican) onto the transforming landscape of East London. Questioning and re-imagining the Western’s portrayal of the “Vanishing Frontier” , the film extends the metaphor to the material and psychological conditions of a present day city increasingly dominated by volatile financial speculations and private interests.

Cast & crew

Floyd

FloydThe Man with No Name

Claudette Bonney

Claudette BonneyMarnie

Darren MatthewsTurnwood

Robin Laine

Robin LaineDr. Harwell Carver

John Barker

John BarkerJB

Jessica Rattigan

Jessica RattiganJess

Graham Morris Almond

Graham Morris AlmondJudah

Andrew Westcott

Andrew WestcottBenton

Neil Burrows

Neil BurrowsSurveyors' Assistant

Norman Barrow

Norman BarrowMan on Prairie

Robin Freeman

Robin FreemanDead Man / Masked Man

Cameron Bain

Cameron BainMasked Man