Wild Beasts 'Alpha Female' by Sasha Rainbow
Luke Bather - 7th Feb 2017
Sasha Rainbow directs this powerfully cool promo for Wild Beasts.
Shot in Bangalore, India, the clip acts as a portrait for a new generation of girls empowering themselves through skateboarding. Girls of all ages, in all manner of clothing, skate effortlessly through the city streets whilst onlookers seem amazed and confused.
These awesome females tear up streets and skateparks alike, by day and night, with the night time scenes flooded with gorgeous coloured lights. An all-round fantastic celebration of culture and empowerment.
SASHA RAINBOW:
"When I first heard Alpha Female, I had the epiphany to film the growing female skateboard scene outside the Western world. In places like Afghanistan, Cambodia and India, skating has not been solidified as a male sport and therefore has had a massive cultural impact, teaching values about self empowerment through skateboarding. I thought India, with its colours and cinematic landscapes, was the place to do it.
"Because of the current political climate in the West and attitudes of intolerance, and sexism across the world, I wanted to create a video that celebrates everyone who takes the risk to be themselves. The Holystoked Skate Crew and the girls that I worked with are an inspiration that cuts through age, gender and class barriers. I wanted to commemorate this incredible moment in India and show how massive cultural change can start with just one person.
"Meeting this remarkable community inspired me to dig deeper into their personal stories and the environment in which they developed themselves. I am now planning to return to India to film a documentary on the themes and figures involved in Alpha Female."
Luke Bather - 7th Feb 2017
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Production/Creative
- Director
- Sasha Rainbow
- Producer
- Felix Jude West
- Producer
- Rosalind Croad
- Production Company
- Rumble
- Executive Producer
- Fritzi Nicolaus
Camera
- Director of Photography
- Alexandre Jamin
- Focus Puller
- Rudresh Benchalli
- 2nd AC
- Mani Bc
Art
- Art Director
- Somanna Somz
Editorial
- Editor
- Sarah Peczek; Flaura Atkinson
- Editing company
- TQ
Grading
- Colourist
- Matthieu Toullet
- Colour grade company
- MPC
VFX
- VFX
- Youngster
Agent
- Director's Representation
- Lock It In
Commission
- Commissioner
- Bart McDonagh
- Label
- Domino Records
Other credits
Location Assistant
Krishna Gowda
Production Assistant
Badri Nath
Skaters
Line Producer: Venugopal Nair
Production Assistant: Channy Lowang
Production Assistant: Rebecca George
Production Assistant: Chandu Ram
DIT: Punith
Coordinator: Dyna D’Souza
Ambika Shanmugam
Ana Mohamed Arif
Atita Verghese
Channy Lowang
Haima Simoes
Kamali Moorty
Mekerira Somanna
Mukesh Feliz
Nishchita Christina Verghese
Nysa Jaiswal
Padmini Rao
Peter Pious
Pooja Nair
Poornabodh Nadavatti
Rajashree Devchoudhury
Rebecca George
Rivka Faith Ramji
Riya Kulkarni
Rytasha Patnaik
Shreya
Smita Kommini
Tanvi Kudari
Location Company: Apus Pictures Ltd.
Camera & Lighting: Capture Crew Productions Ltd.
Massive Thanks To The Holystoked Skate Crew Who Gave Us So Much Support During The Making Of This Video. We Would Also Like To Thank Everyone At Skateistan, Who Connected Us To The Wonderful Indian Skaters.
Luke Bather - 7th Feb 2017