Parallel Lives
A documentary by Frank Matter, 139 min., CH, 2021
Crew
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Writer, director:
Frank Matter
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Produced by:
Madeleine Corbat
Peter Guyer
Frank Matter -
A co-production by:
Recycled Tv AG
soap factory GmbH
and
SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, SRG SSR -
Cinematography:
Steff Bossert -
Location sound:
Olivier JeanRichard -
Edited by:
Konstantin Gutscher
Frank Matter
Rebecca Trösch -
Music:
Christian Brantschen -
Line producer:
Madeleine Corbat -
Commissioning editor SRF:
Urs Augstburger -
National coordination SRG SSR:
Sven Wälti -
Sales and communikation soap factory GmbH:
Loredana-Nastassja Fernández -
Production assistant Recycled Tv:
Kim Odermatt -
Production manager China:
Markus Schiesser -
Production manager Virginia/Connecticut:
Dennis Siebold -
Driver China:
Zhang Liujin (张刘金) -
Driver Südafrika:
Vukani Ramncwana -
Production assistant China:
Wang Haisheng (王海生) -
Production assistant Südafrika:
Soyama Ramncwana -
Travel agency:
Destination Travel AG, Cristina Sackmann -
Additional camera:
Frank Matter -
Video post-production:
Rec Tv -
Dialogue editing:
himex:sounddesign, Pedro Haldemann -
Sound mixing:
Projektstudio GmbH, Peter von Siebenthal -
Music mixed by:
Toni Sulzener -
Foley artists:
Meloton Sound Effects,
Normann Büttner and Wolfi Müller -
Voice-over studios:
Basis Berlin & nurTon, Patrick Becker -
Graphic design, art work, website:
NEKA, Christine Kaufmann
bytes & bones, Klaus Affolter -
Researcher South Africa:
Anne Clarkson -
Researcher Zambia:
Jennifer Chibamba Chans -
Researcher Russia:
Lucia Sgueglia -
Researcher China:
Song Yunlong
Zhu Rikun
Markus Schiesser -
Researcher USA:
Robert Margolis -
Documentation and archive SRF:
Corina Zuber -
Researcher Lichtspiel/Cinematheque Berne:
Brigitte Paulowitz -
Translations:
Erik Smith
Markus Schiesser
Song Yunlong
Dr. Han Yan
Loredana-Nastassja Fernández
Manuela Vonwiller
Frank Matter
Konstantin Gutscher
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Transcriptions Switzerland:
Vera Geitz
Thabea Furrer
Zeljko Krajinovic -
Transcriptions/translations China:
Nora Ye -
Transcriptions/translations Xhosa:
Vathiswa Tsotsotso -
Subtitles:
Postino Post-Production -
Accountants soap factory GmbH:
Marcel Pfeiffer
Jeanette Stenz
Christine Pasquier - Swisslos-Fonds Basel-Stadt
- Swisslos-Fonds Basel-Landschaft
- Fachausschuss Film und Medienkunst beider Basel
- Berner Filmförderung
- Bundesamt für Kultur (BAK)
- Kulturfonds SUISSIMAGE
- Ernst Göhner Stiftung
- Volkart Stiftung
- Kanton Solothurn/SOkultur
- FONDATION SUISA
- Burgergemeinde Bern
- Switzerland: Debora Neyer
- Germany: Laura Borner
- South Africa: Vukani Ramncwana, Unathi Ramncwana, Monde Tabata
- China: Markus Schiesser
- Canada: Thomas Kneubühler
- France: Juliette Berandi
- U.S.A.: Robert Margolis
- Sound library: freesound.org,
- Additional music: Piano Sonate No. 6 in F-Dur, op. 10, No. 2
- Film archives and image sources: «Katutura» (1972)
Produced with the financial support of:
Many thanks to:
Regula and Peter Matter-Müller
Thomas and Sammy Matter
Michael, Emma and Salomé Luisier
Christof Schertenleib
Luc Schaedler
Song Yunlong
David Landolf, Brigitte Paulowitz
and the team of Lichtspiel/Cinematheque Berne
Beat Bichsel, Marion and Jörn Geister, Roger Monnerat, Stephan Laur, Andreas Krähenbühl
Gabriela Gerber, Caroline Schluep, Cihan Inan, Angelo Lüdin, Daniel Howald
Valérie Brand, Susanne Waldburger, Brigitte Häring, Juliette Forster, Anna Thommen, Daniel Hürzeler, Brigitte Springmann, Dorothea Trottenberg, Corina Zuber, the Provenzano Family and Monica De Corso, Lukas Ott, Patrick Moser, Rolf Portmann, Lucio Giugni, Nicola Bellucci, Lucia Sgueglia, Lucie Bader
Gary Ndlovu, Sound Studio at Legends, School of Contemporary Music, East London
Body Culture, Beacon Bay, East London, Michael Ott and his teams
MaGents Salon & Qhamisa Mamtolo Qhezu
Willow Collections, Ann Todd
Lindiwe Nolili Raziya, Noxolo Nola Mvalo, Ernest Rorich, Sibongile Bool
Buyambo, the Mgqungqo group from Zwelitsha
Lwaz Kana & Vusumzi Makalima
Park Place Guesthouse, Dr. Augusta Waller Dorning, Penny Siopis
Linda Mathebula, Steve Sutherland, NaNandi Simone
BaiJiaWang (伯佳旺)
Li Tingting (李婷婷)
Restaurant Jufu Lou (聚福楼 /Lianyungang)
Restaurant JinXiangLai (锦香来 / Hangzhou)
Li Fei (李飞), Shi Lei (施磊)
Wang Daobai (王道柏 ), Song Chunlei (宋春雷)
Ma Yingli (马迎力)
Stevie Nabors, Heidi Jo Weeks, Annette Russell, Mary Dane
Leonard C. Dane, Cheryl Snover
Bruce Moreland
Rocco de Luca, Daniel Lanois for the use of Bella Vista, Mark Howard
Mike Reynosa, El Compadre
Louis, Lucian, August, Brian and Sonia Smith, Elizabeth Clemmons
Tony Torres, Christina Martinez, Torgom Vintage Trading Co.
Nancy Smith, Vanessa Renderos, Necromance
Annie Ghazarian
Ferguson~Easley Elementary School, Fayetteville, Mary A. Hales, Ed. D., Principal
Harrison’s World Wide Moving Co., JJ Weaver, Vice President, Don and his teams
Sang Huynh, NSB New London Homes
Groton Townhouse Restaurant
Jessica Potter, That’s Sew Debbie!
Paul Crespo
Archives and Sources
Effekte/Samples von:
balou82
devy32
FrancoisTJP
InspectorJ
jackaTTackeditor
jmbphilmes
klankbeeld
krnd
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mitchellsounds
schneidi67
thatjeffcarter
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven, performed by Arthur Schnabel, ca. 1935
«INC Incorporated»
Written and performed by Bruce Moreland for the band Ravens Moreland
Courtesy of Bruce Moreland
«Scene of a Crime»
Written and performed by Bruce Moreland for the band Ravens Moreland
Courtesy of Bruce Moreland
«Johnny Mac»
Written and performed by Bruce Moreland for the band Ravens Moreland
Courtesy of Bruce Moreland
«Umgqibelo»
Composed by Soyama Ramncwana & Mapokela Khumalo,
Written by Soyama Ramncwana & Lwazi Kana,
arranged by Soyama Ramncwana
and performed by Lwaistar & EezyThaDon
Courtesy of Soyama Ramncwana
«Ländler Fun Gueti Lune»
Courtesy of Audio Kitchen
Ulrich Schweizer
Courtesy of Ulrich Schweizer
Neues aus China (1973)
Schweizer Filmwochenschau
Swiss Federal Archives J2.143#1996/386#1546-1#1*
Courtesy of Swiss Federal Archives (BAR)
«Expo 64 in Lausanne» (1964)
Rudolf Henggi, Collection Rudolf Henggi, Lichtspiel/Cinematheque Berne
Courtesy of Eva Garius
Footage of Fall-out Shelter in Denver (1959)
Newsreel, archive.org
Footage of Valentina Tereshkova (1963)
Roscosmos
Various S8 Family Films (1963–69)
Peter Matter
Courtesy of Peter and Regula Matter
Wedding of Marion Frantz and Jörn Geister in Luxemburg (1979)
and Other S8 Footage
Jörn Geister, Collection Jörn Geister, Lichtspiel/Cinematheque Berne
Courtesy of Jörn and Marion Geister
Footage of Chinese Nuclear Bomb Test (1964)
Courtesy of kinolibrary
Zurich by Night (1960s)
Anton Frei, Collection Anton Frei, Lichtspiel/Cinematheque Berne
Courtesy of Lichtspiel/Cinematheque Berne
«Phantom Fighters» (1959)
From «The Big Picture», U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
Footage of Apollo 11 (1969)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Footage of May 68 in Paris (1968)
From «JT nuit»
Courtesy of Institut national de l’audiovisuel (INA)
Footage of the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966–70)
Courtesy of kinolibrary
«China, ein Reisebericht» (1967–1974)
Bo Gaertze
Source: Lichtspiel/Cinematheque Berne
Footage from Various S8 Films
Hermann Bichsel, Collection Hermann Bichsel, Lichtspiel/Cinematheque Berne
Courtesy of Beat Bichsel
«Still Image of A Family in A District Destroyed by Rockets
Before the Fall of Saigon» (1975)
Keystone/Roger Viollet/Françoise Demulder
Courtesy of Keystone
«Still Image of Starving Refugee Ibo Children in Nigeria» (1970)
Keystone/AP Photo/Dennis Lee Royle
Courtesy of Keystone
«Ruins of Lebanese Village After Aviation Attack» (1972)
Keystone/Sputnik
Courtesy of Keystone
Public Swimming Pool in Rapperswil (1960)
Anton Frei, Collection Anton Frei, Lichtspiel/Cinematheque Berne
Courtesy of Lichtspiel/Cinematheque Berne
«Couronnement de Bokassa 1er» (1977)
Adolphe Drhey,from «Question de temps»
Courtesy of Institut national de l’audiovisuel (INA)
«Wir und … die Stammbeiz» (1977)
Schweizer Fernsehen SRF
«Carpet Bombing of Hanoi» (1972)
U.S. National Archives, Public.Resource.org
«Screaming Eagles in Vietnam» (1967)
U.S. Departement of Defense, Public.Resource.org
«Combat Operations, Hoi An, South Vietnam» (1968)
U.S. Departement of Defense, Public.Resource.org
«The Color of Justice» (1970)
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Public.Resource.org
«Teddy» (1971)
University of California at Los Angeles, Extension Media Center
«Wuchtiges Nein zur Überfremdungsinitiative» (1974)
Schweizer Fernsehen SRF
«Arizona Road Trip in Campervan»
Courtesy of kinolibrary
Footage of the Punk Band Nasal Boys (1977)
From «Blickpunkt», Schweizer Fernsehen SRF
Footage of Paris (1973)
From «JT 20h»
Courtesy of Institut national de l’audiovisuel (INA)
«Punk and Disorderly» (1979)
V.A., archive.org
«TelQuel – AJZ de Bâle», (1981)
Claude Gaçon, Stefan Schwietert, Reinhard Manz
Television Suisse Romande
Courtesy of Reinhard Manz
«Es herrscht wieder Frieden im Land» (1981)
Editing: Reinhard Manz and Claude Gaçon
Camera: Reinhard Manz and Claude Gaçon
Courtesy of Reinhard Manz
Various Still Images from Basel in the 80s
Shot by and courtesy of Thomas Kneubühler, Montreal
South African Footage from the 70s
South African Archive by Theatre of Survival Ltd
Courtesy of Timebomb Pictures
«Südafrika nach den Unruhen von Soweto» (1976)
Schweizer Fernsehen SRF
Footage of Empty Halls and Prison Cell
Courtesy of kinolibrary
Footage of Arrest in South Africa (1980s)
Courtesy of kinolibrary
«Downtown Los Angeles at Night» (1990er)
Courtesy of kinolibrary
«Los Angeles Night Life, Punks on the Streets» (1980er)
Courtesy of kinolibrary
«China Looks West» (1982)
AP Archive/AP Television
Courtesy of AP Television
«China – das Drehmaterial» (1989)
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen ZDF
Dismantling the Berlin Wall (1989)
News Rushes, Schweizer Fernsehen SRF
«The Stranger» (1946)
Orson Welles, International Pictures Production/Sam Spiegel
«Blacks on South African Beaches»
AP Archive/AP Television
Courtesy of AP Television
«Life of Nelson Mandela»
Archive.org
«The Beauty of My Island» (1999)
Frank Matter, soap factory GmbH, starring Klaus Lutz
«Morocco» (1996)
Frank Matter, soap factory GmbH, starring Lee-Ann Thomas
and Robert Margolis
Footage of Burning World Trade Center (2001)
Archive.org
Lwaistar x EezyThaDon – Umgqibelo Music Video (2017)
Ofentse Mwase, OMFilms/Nelisiwe Mwase
Courtesy of Ofentse Mwase