Ariel Phenomenon (2022)
Ariel Phenomenon explores an African extraterrestrial encounter witnessed by over sixty schoolchildren in 1994. As a Harvard professor, a BBC war reporter, and past students investigate, they struggle to answer the question: "What happens when you experience something so extraordinary that nobody believes you?"
Director: Randall Nickerson
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John E. Mack as Self - Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author (archive footage) |
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Natasha Chakaodza as Self - Ariel School Student |
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Nashville Chakaodza as Self - Ariel School Student |
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Francis Chirimuuta as Self - Ariel School Student |
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Nathaniel Coxall as Self - Ariel School Student |
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Lisil Field as Self - Ariel School Student |
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Emma Kristiansen as Self - Ariel School Student |
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Robert Medcalf as Self - Ariel School Student |
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Luke Nel as Self - Ariel School Student |
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Claire Rixom as Self - Ariel School Student |
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Takudzwa Shava as Self - Ariel School Student |
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Salma Siddick as Self - Ariel School Student |
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Emily Trim as Self - Ariel School Student |
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Kayleigh Van Druten as Self - Ariel School Student |
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Dallyn Vico as Self - Ariel School Student |
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Tim Leach as Self - Former Head of Foreign Correspondents' Assoc in Zimbabwe |
| Writing | Christopher Seward | Writer |
| Editing | Rikk Desgres | Editor |
| Production | Rebecca Rideout | Associate Producer |
| Production | Anne Krzanowski | Associate Producer |
| Directing | Randall Nickerson | Director |
| Production | Randall Nickerson | Producer |
| Writing | Randall Nickerson | Writer |
| Editing | Randall Nickerson | Editor |
| Editing | Christopher Seward | Editor |
| Camera | Randall Nickerson | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Nate Walcott | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Henrik Åström | Original Music Composer |