Zombies: When the Dead Walk

SYNOPSISZombies are part of pop culture, but what are they? Where do they come from? How can we ever be free of the curse of the living dead? To find real zombies we will have to go quite a ways from Hollywood and its pop culture offshoots. In Haiti Zombies are an integral part of the island’s cultural and religious roots. Outlawed by the government, zombification is said to be performed secretly in the countryside. It’s meant as a punishment for crimes against the community. The culprit is magically killed, resurrected and enslaved. We take a look at the practice of Voodoo, examine advances in psychopharmacology, and zombies in popular culture. It’s a surreal mix of religion, science and fun ‘When the Dead Walk’.

Awards

Worldfest Houston (Gold)
Yorkton (Nominee)
Columbus International Film and Video Festival Honorable Mention

CREDITS

Produced, Directed & Written by
Donna Zuckerbrot

Executive Producers
Daniel Zuckerbrot
Donna Zuckerbrot

Executive Producer, VisionTV
Alberta Nokes

Director of Photography
Daniel Zuckerbrot

Editor
Michael Fuller

Composers
Aaron Davis
John Lang

Narrator
Colm Feore

Title Design
Ken Nutt

Additional Camera
Andrew Binnington
Richard Chisolm
Mark Trottenberg

Sound Recordists
Ian Challis
Scott Chappel
Dwayne Dell
Sean O’Neil

Visual Research
Elizabeth Klinck

Additional Research
Bonnie Rowan
Susan Strange
Roberto Verdecchia

Assistant Editor
Alyson Fuller

Production Assistant
Seth Zuk

Series Opening
Tango Media Group

Online Editor/Colourist
Dan Johnston, Imarion Inc.

Sound Editor
Jakob Thiesen, Kitchen Sync

Sound Mixer
Ian Rodness, Kitchen Sync

Narration Recording
Fred Smith Studio

Legal Affairs
Richard Hanet, Lewis Birnberg Hanet, LLP

Accountant
Richard Warburton, Kay & Warburton

Insurance
Jones Brown Inc.

Stock Footage/Archival Visuals
BBC Motion Gallery
Buyout Footage
© CORBIS
Wade Davis
Mary Evans Picture Library
FILM Archives
Footage Farm
Getty Images
Archives of the Gray Herbarium
Journeyman Pictures
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division
Reel Time Images Inc.
SabuCat
The WPA Film Library

With Special Thanks To
Patrick Bellegarde-Smith
Wade Davis
Leslie Desmangles
Elizabeth McAlister
Thea Munster
Trinity College CT
Wesleyan University
Students of ‘Vodou Haiti – Hollywood’ class

Produced in association with VisionTV with the participation of the Canadian Television Fund, the Canadian Film

or Video Production Tax Credits and the Ontario film & Television Tax Credits.

REVIEWSGlobe & Mail Sept 10, 2008
Zombies: When the Dead Walk is a new documentary that looks at the history of the living dead. It’s all about the religious-spiritual traditions that came out of the fusion of the West African and Caribbean experiences…Read More

TVGuide
Some say that television is mindless entertainment that sucks the lifeblood out of you. While that may be debatable in the larger realm of society, the imagery is eerily apt when it comes to VisionTV’s latest instalment of its Enigma anthology series, Zombies: When the Dead Walk…Read More

Yorkton This Week
How can you ever go wrong with a film about Zombies? Even the worst zombie flicks are worth a laugh for their corniness. On the other hand how often do you see a serious film on the subject of the walking dead? Rarely to be sure, although Zombies: When the Dead Walk is one excellent exception to that general statement…Read More

The Zed Word Zombie Blog
Zombies: When the Dead Walk is a briskly-paced and intriguing documentary by Donna Zuckerbrot that begins with a brief look at zombies in popular culture before spending the bulk of its running time exploring the origins of the zombie in Haitian spiritual beliefs…Read More

Oh!Film Blog
The phenomenon of zombies is two fold, the obvious one being people rising from the dead to serve the living. But the real enigma is how did a secretive Voodoo practice from Haiti find its way into our television screens and movie theaters (and on Memorial Day it can even be found on our streets!)…Read More



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