Pick up your feet: the double dutch show

United States, 1981

Artwork

A powerful examination of the determined spirits who compete in the Double Dutch rope-jumping championships in New York City. In this raw work, both the camera and the microphone have the incidental presence of a trusted insider. Moving between the training and the competition, Blumberg manages to capture the excitement of the crowd, as young athletes drive themselves and their partners to the edge of the possible. The rhythmic beat of the ropes, the chants, and the strain of concentration, taps into an unexpected well of emotion through which we seem to be almost participants in the event itself.

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Credits

creator

Skip Blumberg

producer

Carol Brandenburg

Duration

00:28:25:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1981

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

B1000084

Language

English

Audience classification

unclassified

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Object Types

Artwork

Materials

Single channel moving image, colour and audio

Holdings

Digital Betacam [PAL]; Master

Digital Betacam [PAL]; Sub-master

VHS [PAL]; Reference - timecoded

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan

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