I've always wondered why Alan and Joan Root, two of my favourite film-makers remain so obscure and unrecognised.
Finally, at least one web page devoted to their films - Alan Root thanks to the Academic Film Archive of North America that catalogues the best 16mm film-makers that never engaged with Hollywood.
The Natural History Museum in London has a small sample of the film "Mzima: Portrait of a Spring" playing on a monitor alongside its life-size model of a hippo. The footage is an underwater shot of the "river horse" bounding along the bottom of Mzima Springs, in Samburu National Park, north Kenya.
Posted by .M. at October 25, 2004 10:49 AM | TrackBack