The Speed Project LA > LV 2023  « We Are All Protagonists » – 25′

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The Speed ​​Project is an unofficial relay race spanning nearly 550 km from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, with no set route or strict rules. This unique event brings together teams from around the world in an extreme endurance challenge across the American desert.

For this 2023 edition, we co-produced a film commissioned by the running brand Salomon documenting this legendary ultra-trail team race.

Based on an original idea by Tilly GW, the team is composed entirely of female runners with radically different profiles, ranging from a professional athlete to rookies who completed their first 5K runs a few months earlier. A physical and mental challenge, but also an ideological one: an exclusively female project, including the entire technical team and support crew, in order to break away from a traditionally masculine environment and offer a different vision of ultra-trail running.

Eight runners set off from Los Angeles for a 548km race with no rules or established route except for a fixed finish point in Las Vegas, set against a backdrop of airplane graveyards, wild dogs, and through the famous Death Valley desert. A challenge, then, with a small technical crew (only two cameras, Claudia Lederer and Alicia Cenci), difficult filming conditions, and a large volume of rushes: a challenge in post-production to share the fascinating environment and atmosphere of the race, the unique profiles of each participant, and the values ​​championed by the project.

« This film speaks of collective strength, the power of our differences, and the need to challenge stereotypes (…) At the heart of this extreme physical feat, the messages drawn from our film are connected to all aspects of life and seek to inspire everyone to exceed expectations, push boundaries, and reach their own peak. »

 

>>> Film « We are All Protagonists » Salomon TV Episode 25′ – date de sortie: Janvier 2024

www.claudialederer.com – Série photographique « We Are All Protagonists » for Salomon TV

With : Tilly GW, Eden Beylard, Esme Arkinstall, Mera Joshi, Marianne Hogan, Sarah Legrand, Ocean Lewis, Helen Wu – Shelley Howard (Support Team), Delphine Duhot (Support Team), Joana Pires  (Support Team & Physio), Alicia Cenci (Filmmaker), Ashley Stewart (Support Team and Photographer), Cassidy Case (Team Coach and Mentor), Nela Wojaczková (co-editor), Isabella Constantine (Music composer), Ruth Wardell (Color grading), Emma Butt (Sound design)