...documents a man and his movement. Haunted by the murders of his family and many of his friends, Anderson Sá is a former drug-trafficker who turns social revolutionary in Rio de Janeiro’s most feared slum.
Emmy Award nominee 2006 for best arts and culture documentary
directors/producers- jeff zimbalist matt mochary
original score- Force Theory
shawn trail- percussion arranging and instrumentation
HBO documentary films and VOY pictures 2005
SPECIAL TREATMENT
an audiovisual meditation
DVD-NTSC
6 chapters
Running time: 40:12
Color
Stereo
Audio: Shawn Trail
Video: John Cason
release of 50 hand numbered copies 2007
(out of print)
REVIEW : "...I was surpised by a partially blocked window, a large projection inside and cryptic flyers pasted to the window...In what turned out to be the highlight of the evening, Shawn Trail and John Cason transformed the former coffee joint into a trance'y-lounge/audiovisual meditation...the setup consisted of two separate screens, forming different viewing spaces for the two unsync'd versions of the forty minute piece. I can't quite describe the soundtrack of ambient and rythmic noises and music because it was so enveloping. The imagery was at times abstract flourishes of light and color and at times visuals of city scapes and the activites therein. There was a short section depicting a window washer moving between windows, doing his job in double time that mesmerized me somehow. Part of the appeal of the installation, beside the entirely comfortable atmosphere of the scene was that this piece was happening - utilizing a space that currently (unfortunately) is without a use at the moment. The fact that this location is in a sort of commercial-use limbo, sitting dormant and this piece filled that void with art for a short time is what much of it is about for me - the Use and re-Use of our home environs to share what we do with each other." Christopher Albert, MAKYR 10/03/08
"at once telling and well thought...unique and powerful..." composer DuYun
“Next Step Lounge Session” in quadraphonic sound
Shawn Trail- drums
Tom Cason- bass synth
tony barba- horns percussion electronics
john cason- sound design live video mixing
tyler trotter- live quad audio processing
video compiled/produced by John Cason
(handheld footage thanks to Dale Leifeste)
DVD-NTSC
5 chapters Color Stereo 2009
REVIEW "...kind of like Jah Wobble meets Tortoise." Ben Neill
