Filmography: _Documentary: _Act of God: _Credits
act of god
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Feature Documentary
2008
Colour
75 minutes
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Mongrel Media [Can.]
Zeitgeist Films [USA]
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| Directed by | Jennifer Baichwal |
|---|---|
| Produced by | Nick de Pencier, Daniel Iron + Jennifer Baichwal |
| Director of Photography | Nick de Pencier |
| Editor | Roland Schlimme |
| Assistant Editor |
Avril Jacobson |
| Visual Research |
Elizabeth Klinck |
| Cuba Unit Production Manager | Iohamil Navarro |
|
Mexico Unit Production Manager |
Grazia Rade |
| Production Coordinators | Nadia Tavazzani Hanna Tower Delphine Roussel |
| Production Accountants |
Andrea Greaney Yvonne Bayer |
| United Kingdom Co-ordinators | Miranda Davis Nikki Weston |
| Researchers | Nicola Pulling Walid Bitar Alejandra Fuentes |
| Additional Archive Research |
Helena Raposo Tanya Fleet |
| YouTube Footage Researcher |
Martin Finlayson |
| Translators | Ferdinando Dell'Omo Mariana Osuna Perez Alison Skyrme Morenike Tunde-Idowu Fernanda Villanueva |
| Title Design & Diagram Graphics |
Elysha Poirier |
| Second Unit Cinematographer |
Geoff Lackner |
| Second Camera Operator France |
Jerome Carret |
| Mexico Sound Recordist |
David Morenu Rade |
| Daily Camera Assistant |
Onno Weeda |
| Production Assistants |
Drew Allan Elvina Baichwal Samantha Earl James Fletcher Ryan Hupponen Carolyn Neuert Regina Skerjanec |
| Office Production Assistants |
Karen Brown Stephanie Herzog Maria-Saroja Ponnambalam |
| Mercury Films Office Manager |
Christine Hobson |
| Daily Assistant Editor |
David McGroarty |
| Storm Chase Consultant |
Ron Gravelle |
| Las Vegas Location Stills Photographer |
Alixandra Peters |
| DI Editor |
Frank Biasi |
| DI Colourist |
Mark Kueper |
| DI Project Supervisor |
Pat Duchesne |
| Supervising Sound Editor |
David Rose |
| Dialogue Editor |
Susan Conley |
| Re-recording Mixers | Lou Solakofski David Rose |
| Film & Video Post |
Technicolor Creative Services |
| Audio Post |
Tattersall Sound and Picture |
| Dolby Sound Consultant |
Paul Capuano |
| Tax Credits |
Del Mehes |
| Insurance | Unionville Insurance Brokers/ Jones Brown and Associates |
| Accounting | Kay and Warburton CA |
| Interim Financing | Aver Media LLP |
| For Foundry Films | Shana Collier |
| Production Executive, documentary |
Bruce Cowley |
| Commissioning Editor, documentary | Michael Burns |
| Commissioning Editor, ARTE |
Christoph Jorg |
| Commissioning Editor, Channel 4 |
Katie Speight |
| Writers | Jennifer Baichwal James O'Reilly |
| Cast, in order of appearance | Paul Auster Fred Frith Chris Frith James O'Reilly Jean Ivens Alex Hermant Dalila Hermant Dannion Brinkley |
| With the participation of |
Compassion in Action David Bradbury Walter J. Foreman Olga Lidia Fuentes Garcie Jim Kilner Armando Emilio Gastell Pinillo Gregg Segal Gerry Serino Lyanel Fuentes Zonilla |
| Special thanks | Peter Aston R.A.N. Bonnycastle Kathryn M. Brinkley Claude Gary Peter Greenaway Grant Ivens Michael Ondaatje |
| Thank you |
Tom Alexander Jim Allodi Hussain Amarshi Maria Ramirez Mancilla Areli Arquitecto Joaquin Arias Anne Beresford Grace Carnale-Davis Club Integral Jesus Gonzalez de la Cruz Martin de la Fouchardiere Michael de Pencier Miranda de Pencier Joost den Hartog Margaret Deriaz Fearless Films Films A Trois Susan Fleming Ivan Giroud Don Maximo Gonzalez Laurence Green Caroline Habib Steven Halpern, Inner Peace Music Krakow City Council Robert Koumans Avi Lewis Heike Liss Al Maciulis Anne Mackenzie Musee de la Foudre Michaelle McLean Maria Eugenia Perez Morales Olivia Morandon Jose Artemio Ornelas Perez Adriana N. Peters Alixandra Peters Alysia K. Peters Angelica A. Peters Evan Peters Calvin Peterson Alberta Valdez Ramirez Jillson Roland Evans Pedro Reina Rosas John Rowley Maria Padron Ruiz Marita Rutyer Maria del Refugio Salazar Jorge Luis Sanchez Shelley Saywell Helga Stephenson Jane Tattersall Danish Vahidy Oscar Van Der Velde Kathy Weinkauf Larry Weinstein Jennifer Weiss Charles Wessler West Los Angeles Veterans' Administration Facility David Wharnsby Sandra Whipham Sarah Whitehouse Pablo Compillo Zalazar |
Original Music Improvised by Fred Frith
Original Music Composed by Martin Tielli, Dave Bidini and Selina Martin
Performed by Martin Tielli, Dave Bidini and Selina Martin, with Dwayne Gale and Kevin Hearn
No Birds
Performed and Written by Fred Frith
from: Fred Frith Guitar Solos
Courtesy of Anthill Records
Red Rag
Performed and Composed by Fred Frith
Theatre
Performed and Improvised by Fred Frith
from: Clearing
Courtesy of Tzadik
Stock Footage & Images Provided by
Simon Carroll
Getty Images
Martin Lisius - Prairie Pictures/Stormstock
NASA
Q Films - Sam Hudecki
Alex Hermant
Framepool
Absolutely Wild Visuals
"El Norte", Grupo Reforma
YouTube Footage Provided by
Jamie Bailey
Steve Douglas
Jeffrey Firestone
Christa Jones
Melissa Livermore
Ryan Maloney
Jeremy Nephew
Iain Robinson
Paul Robinson, Jr.
Phillip Tokish
Owen Williams
The summer storms were filmed on Georgian Bay and Lake of the Woods, Ontario
Produced in association with
DOCUMENTARY
CHANNEL 4
ARTE
Produced with the financial participation of
CANADIAN TELEVISION FUND
CTF: Licence Fee Program
Telefilm Canada: Equity Investment Program
ROGERS DOCUMENTARY FUND
CANWEST-HOT DOCS COMPLETION FUND
With the assistance/participation of the
CANADIAN FILM & VIDEO TAX CREDIT
Produced by
MERCURY FILMS INC.
FOUNDRY FILMS INC.
Recorded in Dolby Digital
© 2008 Mercury/Foundry Lightning Inc.