Root | End is an elemental process of braiding and rooting oneself to their center, their sense of self. Featuring dance artist Michaela DePrince, as they navigate their internal journey and interweave their personal narrative into this moving portrait.
Filmed in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Director: Kevin Osepa
Choreographer: Rena Butler
Featuring: Michaela DePrince
Composer: Andy Akiho
Including: Vroni Martina, Nadège Bwatou, Joanna Donau
Creative Direction: Taiba Akhuetie
Cinematographer: Wouter Verberkt
Production Company: Heat
Producer: Luc de Kock
Assistant Director: Goldiie
Assistant Camera: Nick Vigue
Sound Designer: Martin Delisle
Costume Design: Max Zara Sterck
Hair: Yara Forster
Headpiece: Taiba Akhuetie
Jewelry Design: Goldiie
Gaffer: Ralph Schoonenboom
Editor: Stan Vriend
Grading: Ruben Labree
Studio: Pre Reserved Studio
PRODUCED BY:
Jacob Jonas The Company
Executive Producer/Creative Director: Jacob Jonas
Producers: Jill Wilson, Emma Rosenzweig-Bock,
Associate Producers: Joy Isabella Brown, Francisco Cruz, Steve Hackman, Emily Kikta, Rubberlegz, Anibal Sandoval, Mike Tyus, Peter Walker
Fashion Director: Christian Stroble
CO-PRESENTED BY:
BAM, The Harris, The Soraya, Stanford Live, Stanford Global Studies