This story has been updated to reflect that Gary Oldman’s documentary “Flying Horse” has not yet been released. In 2013, veteran documentary filmmaker Marc Shaffer was working on a film in San ...
The movie 'Nope' features a clip of a Black jockey on a galloping horse. Eadweard Muybridge, an English photographer, sought to capture horses and other animals in motion. His photos offer a glimpse ...
Is the rider in the 19th-century photographic experiments really unknown, as Jordan Peele’s film implies? It’s complicated. By Ben Kenigsberg Near the beginning of “Nope,” Emerald (Keke Palmer), who ...
One of Muybridge's most recognizable works, "A Horse in Motion," was created by rigging several wet plate cameras. Courtesy of Marc Shaffer SHARE Today, Hollywood is a titanic industry churning out ...