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Documentary: Sole Searching in South America 2

by Greg Bond on 18 November 2015

In 2014, after a tip off about a shop in Buenos Aires packed with dead stock adidas products, Gary Aspden and a gang including Ian Brown and Robert Brooks travelled to Argentina to meet the store’s owner Carlos Ruiz and film the now renowned documentary Sole Searching in South America. In 2015, the group returned to present Ruiz with his own very special shoe.

In 2014, after a tip off about a shop in Buenos Aires packed with dead stock adidas products, Gary Aspden and a gang including Ian Brown and Robert Brooks travelled to Argentina to meet the store’s owner Carlos Ruiz and film the now renowned documentary Sole Searching in South America. In 2015, the group returned to present Ruiz with his own very special shoe.

Direction:
Greg Bond
Talent:
Ian Brown and Robert Brookes
Photography:
Neil Bedford
Executive Production:
Production:
Mike Chetcuti
Subtitles:
Daniel Rodriguez at Kulbritania
Thank you to:
Liad Krispin, Maria Butler, Elizabeth Rovella, Steve Marks, Ashleigh Mellor, Cristian Damiani, Robert Brooks, Ian Brown, Neil Bedford, Daniel Bauer, Arnaud Biscay, Gregor Abenstein, Nigel Wells and adidas Argentina

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