"ASHE '68"
VR Experience
Ashe ’68 is a direct-technique sand animation VR documentary that places the viewer inside Arthur Ashe’s historic, transformative day. Through immersive animation, we witness Ashe’s emergence as both a tennis champion and a voice for social justice on the world stage.
Commissioned by Custom Reality Services, the film marks the first use of direct sand animation in virtual reality. It premiered at the U.S. Open in 2018 and was later presented at Sundance 2019, New Frontiers. More: Ashe '68 Documentary
Commissioned by Custom Reality Services, the film marks the first use of direct sand animation in virtual reality. It premiered at the U.S. Open in 2018 and was later presented at Sundance 2019, New Frontiers. More: Ashe '68 Documentary
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Production Team & Partners
Directors: Brad Lichtenstein, Jeff Fitzsimmons, Rex Miller
Producers: Beth Hubbard, Madeline Power
Animation Artists: Ruah Edelstein, Masha Vasilkovsky
Composer: Vernon Reid; Sound Designer: Josh Evert
Musicians: V Jeffrey Smith, Hieronymus Abayudaya
Sound Consultant: Drew Cady; VR supervisors: Matthew Kemper, Mike Hopkinson; Associate VR Producer: Natalie Tejada; VR Artists: Jeffrey Au, Jake Jones, Quan Jiang; Editor: Aaron Elias; VP Production: Crys Forsyth-Smith; Chief Creative Officer: Richard Baker; Director of Photography: Eve M. Cohen; Camera Operator: Andrew Gish; DIT: Ben Schwartz; Offline Editor: Daniela Cortes; Contributing Director: Janicza Bravo; Archival Producer: Hannah Shepard; Choreographer: Gabri Christa;
Unit Production Manager: Madeline Power; Assistant Director: Kesho DeSouza; 2nd Assistant Director: Courtney Battles;
Production Assistants: Tessa Barlow-Ochshorn, Emily Kuester, Candece Munroe, Mahyn Qureshi
Animation Stills from the film
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