Search for the Spiderweb Documentary Film

2010. Filmed entirely in Accra, Ghana.

A documentary about Ghana's popular music scene and the struggle between indigenous identity and mainstream music culture. The documentary is framed by a search for "the spiderweb"-- or the thin, vibrating fibers that African musicians once attached to their mbiras and xylophones to, allegedly, create a buzzing sound that would invoke their ancestors.

Produced, Directed, Edited, and Filmed by Laura Cunningham, Arielle De Saint Phalle, and Anna Bjerknes.