ashes and snow film (collector’s edition)

Gregory Colbert’s Ashes and Snow 60-minute feature film captures extraordinary moments of contact between people and animals as seen through the lens of the artist’s camera on more than forty expeditions to some of the earth’s most remote places. Written, directed, produced, and filmed by Gregory Colbert, it is a poetic field study that depicts the world not as it is, but as it might be—a world in which the natural and artificial boundaries separating humans from other species do not exist.

Edited by two-time Oscar-winner Pietro Scalia; narrated by actors Laurence Fishburne (English), Enrique Roche (Spanish), and Ken Watanabe (Japanese). Musical collaborators include Michael Brook, David Darling, Heiner Goebbels, Lisa Gerrard, Lukas Foss, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and Djivan Gasparyan.

Cover from handmade Nepalese paper sealed with natural beeswax; tied with thread stained with hibiscus tea leaves and a Nepalese bead.

To view a clip of the film, click here.

full credits

animals:

asian elephants

sperm whales

humpback whales

royal eagles

manatees

peregrine falcons

gyr falcons

elands

baboons

cheetahs

meerkats

african wild dogs

pilot whales

harris hawks

sacred ibis

antigone cranes

varacals

cast:

Bertha

Gregory

Venuri

Khema

Sobini

Vinci

Beny

Sarki

Chiko

Senaitje

Ann Sherbat

Mamoud

Vanessa

Burmese monks

written and directed by:

Gregory Colbert

cinematographers:

Gregory Colbert

Philippe Vene

Koji Nakemura

Acacio Almeido

Yorgos Arvanitis

narrators:

Laurence Fishburne (English)

Ken Watanabe (Japanese)

Enrique Rocha (Spanish)

editor:

Pietro Scalia

music:

Michael Brook

Patrick Cassidy

David Darling

Robert Een

Lukas Foss

Djivan Gasparyan

Lisa Gerrard

Heiner Goebbels

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Temple of Sound

Cantor Samuel Vigoda

produced by:

Gregory Colbert

post production supervisor:

Alessandra Pasquino

music supervisors:

Peter Afterman

Margaret Yen

score producer:

Michael Brook

music editor:

Richard Henderson

additional editor:

Elisa Bonora

assistant editors:

Shawn Mitchell

Neil Jariwala

apprentice editor:

Sean Martin

colorist:

Clark Muller

special thanks:

Michael Ostin

Nile Rodgers

Andy Uterano

Francis Pennington

  • 6.5 x 6.32 in / 16.5 x 16 cm
  • 60 Minutes
  • DVD, zone-free
  • English, Japanese, Spanish
  • ISBN: 9781933632629
  • USD 50.00