Bushman (1971)
1968: Martin Luther King, Robert Kennedy, and Bobby Hutton are among the recent dead. In Nigeria, the Civil War is entering its second year with no end in sight. In San Francisco, the adventures of Gabriel, a young Nigerian reflects tribal, personal, and racial frictions during the tumultuous sixties. Truth is stranger than fiction in Bushman, a rare sort of film portrait, part document, part imagined – poetic in its approach to real events.
Director: David Schickele
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Paul Eyam Nzie Okpokam as Gabriel/Bushman |
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Elaine Featherstone as Alma |
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Mike Slye as Motorcyclist |
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Lothario Lotho as Alma’s brother |
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Jack Nance as Felix |
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Patrick Gleeson as Marty |
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Donna Michelson as Diane |
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Ann Scofield as White Girl |
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James Earl Garrison as Friend |
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Shezwae Powell as Black Waitress |
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Timothy Near as Suzie |
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David Major as Black Friend |
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Curtis Branch as Curtis Branch |
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Florence Stanley as Steno Mask |
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John Dotson as John Dotson |
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David Schickele as Mark |
| Camera | David Myers | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Paul Oppenheim | Sound Recordist |
| Camera | Stephen Lighthill | Additional Director of Photography |
| Camera | Kirk Smallman | Additional Director of Photography |
| Production | Gene Doherty | Production Manager |
| Directing | Cindy Harwood | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Arnie Cohen | Producer |
| Production | Mary Colwell | Producer |
| Production | Daniel Loewenthal | Producer |
| Production | Rick Paup | Producer |
| Production | Pat Riley | Producer |
| Production | James Spears | Producer |
| Production | Ken Valentine | Producer |
| Sound | David Ames | Music |
| Sound | Peter More | Sound Mixer |
| Editing | Jennifer Chinlund | Editor |
| Editing | David Schickele | Editor |
| Crew | Steve Wax | Special Effects |
| Editing | Andrew Drapkin | Color Grading |
| Directing | David Schickele | Director |
| Writing | David Schickele | Writer |