Directed by:
Daniel McCabeCinematography:
Daniel McCabeComposer:
Robert Aiki Aubrey LowePlots(1)
Deep in the forests of western Uganda millions of long-horned grasshoppers swarm together to mate in a rare reminder of Nature’s epic scale. It follows that Man has found a way to profit from this beautiful reproductive cycle. Harvesting grasshoppers is a seriously lucrative business; fortunes are made in a matter of weeks providing this delicacy to city-dwellers in the lowlands. Following a local trapping team in verité style, these modern day prospectors push into remote forests and villages seeking their fortune by capturing this elusive prey by the barrel load with powerful lights. In contrast, specialized macro cameras simultaneously transport the audience into an immersive natural world from the perspective of the grasshoppers accentuating the bizarrely human-like qualities of these insects. As our metaphor on Man’s fraught relationship with Nature continues to unfold, we learn the harrowing cost that these toxic lights bestow upon our band of trappers and their homeland. (Guanajuato International Film Festival)
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Grasshopper Republic
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Label: Invada Records
Year: 2023
Country: UK
Format: digital
Length: 01:21:22
| 1. | Cold Open | Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe | 00:58 |
| 2. | Becoming | Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe | 03:38 |
| 3. | The Pastor | Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe | 00:58 |
| 4. | Preperation | Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe | 01:28 |
| 5. | Start Your Engines | Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe | 02:10 |
| 6. | On The Road | Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe | 05:00 |
| 7. | River View | Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe | 02:22 |
| 8. | Beetle | Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe | 02:34 |
| 9. | Introducing The Nairobi Fly | Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe | 00:28 |
| 10. | Building A Village | Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe | 05:03 |
| 11. | Crossover World | Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe | 08:41 |
| 12. | The Nairobi Fly | Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe | 01:36 |
| 13. | The Pharmacy | Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe | 02:06 |
| 14. | A Bug's Life | Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe | 01:06 |
| 15. | Daylight | Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe | 02:55 |
| 16. | Land Survey | Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe | 02:53 |
| 17. | The Rains Came | Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe | 04:29 |
| 18. | The Village | Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe | 02:16 |
| 19. | Grasshopper World | Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe | 00:28 |
| 20. | Dawn Of The Swarm: Work Dream | Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe | 05:51 |
| 21. | The Swarm: After The Swarm | Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe | 10:57 |
| 22. | Marketplace | Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe | 10:51 |
| 23. | Beetle View (Alt) | Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe | 02:34 |