Une troupe de théâtre répète Macbeth. Une équipe de tournage de documentaire suit la répétition. Parfois, les acteurs se perdent dans le monde de Shakespeare. Ce mélange de drame intense, de danse et d’humour est une prise régénératrice sur le texte classique de Shakespeare.

Réalisatrice : Nadine M. Paterson

USA, 2012, 1h13 min, drame-documentaire, anglais avec sous titres français

Produit par Marlene G. Patterson.
Musique composée par Lenny Seidman.
Choréographie de Zane Booker.

avec Alexandra Bailey, Brian Anthony Wilson, Veronica Wathome, Eric Suter, Carlo Campbell, Justin Bryant et James Tolbert.





2013 | 3ème FIFDA – Festival International des Films de la Diaspora Africaine 2013, PARIS, France
* Sélection Officielle
* European Premiere (Première Européenne)
* Projection : Samedi 7 septembre @ 19h15 / LE BRADY, 39 Boulevard de Strasbourg
* DÉBAT avec la réalisatrice après la projection.
http://fifda.org/tango-mcbeth/

It’s a play, within a documentary, within a film

A theater company rehearses Macbeth. A documentary film crew follows them during the rehearsal process. Occasionally the actors become lost in Shakespeare’s world. This blend of intense drama, dance and humor is a refreshing take on Shakespeare’s classic text.

Tango MacBeth offers a multicultural, multigenerational vision and presentation of the Shakespeare play. This provocative version of Macbeth unfolds like a Möbius strip. Moving back and forth, the drama of the play intertwines with the drama of making the film. The film offers an original and imaginative way of bringing a classic to contemporary times.

Directed by Nadine M. Patterson

2012, 1hr13 min, USA, Drama-Documentary, English

Produced by Marlene G. Patterson.
Music composed by Lenny Seidman.
Choreography by Zane Booker.

Starring Alexandra Bailey, Brian Anthony Wilson (formerly Detective Vernon Holley on The Wire), Veronica Wathome, Eric Suter, Carlo Campbell, Justin Bryant and James Tolbert.



Cast (in order of appearance)
Brian Anthony Wilson: Macduff
Wendy Staton: Witch/Old Woman
Valerie Heckel:Witch/Murderer/Mistress
Eric Suter: Witch/Murderer/Macbeth
Carlo Campbell: Macbeth
Veronica Wathome: Banquo
Alexandra Bailey: Lady Macbeth
Jessyca Marie Lam: Gentle Woman, Attendant to Lady Macbeth
James Tolbert: King Duncan
Comfort Dassin: Fleance
Rashan Jackson: Donalbain/Angus
Adrianna Poindexter: Lady Macduff
Erin Callahan: Boy (Samuel, Son of Macduff)/Mistress
Janice McDuffy: Lennox
Davon Williams: Ross
Daniel Armella: Seyton/Murderer
Justin Bryant: Malcolm
Matia Johnson: Murderer/Mistress
Titilola Verissimo: Mistress
Diane Wilder: Porter/Doctor

Crew
Nadine M. Patterson: Director/Producer
Marlene G. Patterson: Producer
Zane Booker: Choreographer/Associate Producer
Lenny Seidman: Composer
Sharon Mullally: Editor
Gail Lloyd: DP/Camera Operator
John Roberts: Art Direction/Camera Operator
Martha Conley: Assistant Director
Rashan Jackson: Assistant Choreographer
Justin Bryant: Associate Choreographer
Matia Johnson: Associate Choreographer
Alexandra Bailey: Associate Producer/Make-Up
Peter Price: Music Sound Engineer
Dan Scholnick: Assistant Music Sound Engineer
Brother Daoud Bey: Key Grip
Michelle Bullard: Production Assistant/Sound
Serena Reed: Sound Recordist/Boom Operator
Nadine M. Patterson: DP 2nd Unit/Camera Operator
Monique Payton: Camera Operator/Production Assistant
Nadine Schnieder: Continuity
Gary Smalls: Props and Wardrobe
Carmella Vassor: Camera Operator
Federico Spoliansky: Production Consultant (Argentina)
Jennifer Braxton: Production Manager
Kimberly Fonville: Caterer
Glenn Barratt: Sound Mixer @ Morning Star Studios
William Shakespeare: Writer of « Macbeth »
Nadine M. Patterson: Writer of Adaptation « Tango Macbeth »
Plays & Players Theater: Location
Arcadia University: Location
The Beautiful Homes of Pelham Road in Mt. Airy: Location

MUSIC PERFORMED BY
APPEX
Atzilut
Thomas Flanagan
Rick Ianacone
Paul Alexandre John
Peter Price
Lenny Seidman and the Tabla Choir
Spoken Hand Percussion Orchestra
Shamanistics
Jorge Retamoza and Tango XXX


World Premiere at the Roxbury International Film Festival June 16th, 2012.

For up to date information on Tango Macbeth go to www.tangomacbeth.com.
Follow us on Twitter @TangoMaceth.

Nadine Patterson was the first African American woman to write and direct a feature film of Shakespeare, with Tango Macbeth (2012).