A radical examination of Monument Valley’s representation in cinema and advertising since John Ford’s Stagecoach (1939), THE TAKING scrutinizes how a site located on sovereign Navajo land came to embody the fantasy of the “Old West,” replete with self-perpetuating falsehoods, and why it continues to hold mythic significance in the global psyche.
Written | Directed by Alexandre O. Philippe Produced by Kerry Deignan Roy
Executive Producer Felix Gill Co-Producers Robert Muratore for Exhibit A Pictures Cathy Trekloff for Milkhaus
Director of Photography Robert Muratore Edited by Dave Krahling
Original Music by Jon Hegel Sound Design by Phillip Lloyd Hegel