SNAKE DANCE

Two experienced storytellers, filmmaker Manu Riche and writer Patrick Marnham, join forces to tell the story of the invention of the atomic bomb and its unintended consequences in today’s world.

They follow the tracks of 2 historical characters who, each in their own way, forged this story: German-born Aby Warburg, the heir to a banking dynasty who became an anthropologist and studied the Pueblo Indians of Los Alamos, and Robert Oppenheimer, a brilliant idealist who will always be known as the inventor of the ultimate weapon of mass destruction.

From booming New Mexico to war-stricken Congo and earthquake-devastated Japan, Snake Dance offers a compelling reflection on the Promethean dimensions of nuclear power.

 

Snake Dance in the press

Interview on FM Brussel, 17 April 2012

Interview on Radio 1, 13 April 2012

De Standaard Magazine, 14 April 2012.

Brussel Deze Week,  11 April 2012

 

NEXT SCREENINGS

South Bank Centre, London

21 October 2013: Official release of Patrick Marnham's book "Snake Dance" - lecture and film excerpts

PAST SCREENINGS

Human Rights Film Festival, Nuremberg, Germany

3 October 2013, 11.00, Filmhauskino
7 October 2013, 21.15, Filmhauskino

Tri-continental Film festival, Johannesburg, South Africa

18 September 2013, 19.15, Rosebank Cine Nouveau
        in the presence of Manu Riche

13th T-Mobile new horizons film festival (Wroclaw, Poland)
25 July 2013, 19.00
26 July 2013, 10.00

Mooov Festival, Belgium

Brugge - maandag 22/04/2013 - 17u - Lumière rood
Turnhout - woensdag 24/04/2013 - 19u - Utopolis zaal 1
Brugge - donderdag 25/04/2013 - 22u - Lumière blauw
Turnhout - zondag 28/04/2013 - 11u - Utopolis zaal 1

AUAWIRLEBEN Festival, Bern, Switzerland

Lecture Performance & Film, in the presence of Manu Riche

FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013, 21.30
SATURDAY, 4 MAY 2013, 18.00

Green Film festival in Seoul (Korea)

May 13th, 2013, 12.00
May 15th, 2013, 20.00

Visions du Réel on Tour, Winterthur, Switzerland

ThURSDAY, 28 MARCH 2013

Festival international du film des droits de l'homme, Paris, France

Mercredi 6 février 2013 à 15h30 / Le Nouveau Latina
Jeudi 7 février 2013 à 20h00 / Le Nouveau Latina
Lundi 11 février 2013 à 21h00 / Les Cinoches

IDFA 2012, Amsterdam

FRI, 16 NOVEMBER 2012, 16.00 - Tuschinski 5
TUE, 20 NOVEMBER 2012, 22.00 - Tuschinski 5
SAT, 24 NOVEMBER 2012, 19.30 - De Brakke Grond - including live performance by Jerry Killick
SUN, 25NOVEMBER 2012 - 10.15, Munt 13
SAT, 29 SEPTEMBER and SUN, 30 SEPTEMBER 2012 - 19:00

FilmFest Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

MON, 8 OCTOBER 2012 , 19:00

Cinematek, Brussels, Belgium

SUN 14 (17:30) & MON 15 October 2012 (20:00)
Berliner Festspiele, Berlin, Germany
(with the introductory theatrical performance by Jerry Killick)

In the framewxork of "Vlaamse documentaire dagen"

WED, 31 OCTOBER 2012, 14:00
Cinema RITS, Brussels, Belgium
SAT, 3 NOVEMBER 2012, 14:00
Cinema Zuid, Antwerp, Belgium
SAT 3 NOVEMBER 2012, 17:20
Zebracinema  in Z33, Hasselt, Belgium
SUN, 4 NOVEMBER 2012
Cinema Zed, Leuven, Belgium
THU, 8 NOVEMBER 2012, 22/00
Sphinx Cinema, Ghent, Belgium
MON 16/04/2012 20:30 (Snake Dance Belgian Première)
TUE 17/04/2012 20:30

Kaaitheater, Brussels

TUE 24/04/2012 19:30 (Snake Dance International Première)

Visions du Réel - Nyon

TUE 01 MAY 2012 - 19:30
Docville, Leuven (Belgium)

SNAKE DANCE / WRITTEN AND DIRECTED by Manu Riche & Patrick Marnham - NARRATED by Patrick Marnham - PRO- DuCeD by Manu Riche, Geneviève De bauw - CAMERA Renaat Lambeets, Ross McDonnell - SOuND Luc Cuveele, Paul Heymans - EDITING Michèle Hubinon - MUSIC PERFORMANCE Jun Kanno executive - PRODUCERS James Mitchell, Alan Maher, Suzanne van Voorst, eric van Zuylen.
IN COPRODUCTION WITH VRT-Canvas - WITH THe SUPPORT OF The Flanders Audiovisual Fund, The Dutch Film Fund, The Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-bruxelles and VOO, The Tax Shelter of the belgian Federal Government - WITH THe PARTICIPATION OF bord Scannán na hÉireann/ The Irish Film board
© 2012 Riche Riche & Riche/Soho Moon/IDTV Docs/RyVA production

 

The pressfile of Snake Dance is for download here.