The Ark of Lights and Shadows (2018)
The forgotten story of Martin and Osa Johnson, rebel filmmakers and Kansas natives who made some of the first films in Africa in times when filming itself was more dangerous than lions or malaria.
Director: Jan E. Svatoš
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Martin E. Johnson as Himself (Archival Footage) |
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Osa Johnson as Herself (Archival Footage) |
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Jan E. Svatoš as Narrator (voice) |
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Igor Bareš as Narrator (voice) |
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Zora Jandová as Narrator (voice) |
| Directing | Jan E. Svatoš | Director |
| Writing | Jan E. Svatoš | Writer |
| Camera | Romi Straková | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Katarína Buchanan Geyerová | Editor |
| Editing | Václav Trčka | Editor |
| Editing | Pavel Hapala | Editor |
| Editing | Monika Marková | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Romi Straková | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Štěpán Mamula | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Milan Jílek | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Rumen Pešek | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Martin Maslowski | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Ivana Buttry | Executive Producer |
| Production | Zdeněk Hala | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Jana Škopková | Creative Producer |
| Production | Helena Uldrichová | Producer |
| Production | Zuzana Sekorová | Producer |
| Production | Magda Gärtnerová | Producer |