“Because We Are Strange Creatures” By Jo Motoyo

We, as humans, try to live together as one, all the while struggling to comprehend, and suffering under, our own fates which have already been decided for us the moment we are born.

Featuring an original score by award-winning musician, Patrick Watson, six self-taught trickers (acrobatic movement style) perform original choreography by Alex Doronin of Skillaz, a leading tricking group based in Moscow, under the direction of Tokyo-based filmmaker, Jo Motoyo.

Credits

Director: Jo Motoyo
Choreographer: Alex Doronin of Skillaz
Choreographer Assistants: Daisuke Takahashi, Riku
Featuring: Riku, Daisuke Takahashi, Ayumu Matsuoka, Corky, Fuju Honjo, Taka Sakurai
Composer: Patrick Watson
Lyrics: Jo Motoyo, Patrick Watson, Maya Kuroki
Vocals: Patrick Watson, Maya Kuroki
Drums: Liam O’Neill
Producer // Tokyo: Mariko Tsutsumi
Steadicam Operator: Takuma Iwata
2nd AC: Aya Tabayashi
Offline Editor / Translator: Tamara Ishida
Online Editor: Jun Hatano
Director of Photography: Toshihiko Kizu
Camera assistants 1 AC: Shingo Ito
DIT: Sou Tony Naoi
Colorist: Yoshiyuki Nishida
Stylist: Yoko Miyake
Stylist Assistant: Miyabi Nara
Production Managers// Tokyo: Chiaki Ueta, Kanna Naiki, Kuriko Nakaji
Special Thanks: nac Image Technology Inc., SPACE HYAKKA, Snowdon knit’couture, FACETASM, nisai, doublet, White Mountaineering

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

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