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Just One Step

They are everywhere. It doesn't matter where you look. People of all ages races and creeds are running. But why? We don't have to, it often hurts and causes damage both physical and mental. There's got to be more to it than just 'staying in shape'. Just One Step follows a trail of discovery that leads to a place you wouldn't expect. The Brain. And it's not necessarily all good.

  • Benjamin Keller
    Director
    Ishmael, BlueGreen, iMMeRSiON
  • Mary Baldwin Collins
    Producer
    Will Barnet, Tracing the Soul of the Work, Atmospheres
  • Anna Frost
    Key Cast
    "Herself"
  • Sabrina Little
    Key Cast
    "Herself"
  • Rory Bosio
    Key Cast
    "Herself"
  • Karl Meltzer
    Key Cast
    "Himself"
  • Dr. John Ratey
    Key Cast
    "Himself"
  • Jimmy Santiago Baca
    Key Cast
    "Himself"
  • Dr. Claude Bouchard
    Key Cast
    "Himself"
  • Moininda Merube
    Key Cast
    "Himself"
  • Kenn Gonneville
    Photography
  • Marc Bartholomew
    Photography
  • Jon Stratton
    Animation
  • Simon Adams
    Animation
  • Samuel James
    Soundtrack
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Genres:
    Science, Sport, Human Spirit, Health
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 23 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    November 15, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    35,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Maine Outdoor Film Festival
    Maine
    United States
    August 22, 2019
    Best Feature Film
  • Waimea Film Festival
    Waimea
    United States
    January 8, 2020
Director Biography - Benjamin Keller

Benjamin Keller has been creating documentary films for over 15 years. His focus is on the human condition and how we as a species move through and interact with our natural world. His previous award winning works 'Ishmael' and BlueGreen' dealt differing aspects of our deep connection with the ocean. With 'Just One Step' Benjamin goes deeper looking at how we as humans function in our every day lives, and the complex relationship between biological need and our everyday functioning. When not creating films Benjamin resides on a peaceful body of water outside Portland, Maine with his two sons.

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Director Statement

What is it that drives these people to run? The act of running seems tied to many different aspects of our existence, some basic and some highly personal.

Ask any runner and they’ll likely give you a different answer than the runner next to them. It seems convoluted and complicated. But perhaps it’s not. Just One Step ventures into the world of running and runners to find what it is that compels not just them, but all of us. What is it that we as a species are doing out there on the tarmac, the track and the trail, running various distances from the very short to the almost inhumanely long? What are we doing, Why are we running?

Just One Step carries the viewer from the streets of Brooklyn to the mountains of Colorado. The beauty of the body in motion through these incredible landscapes captures the viewer and holds them as the story unfolds. Ultimately Just One Step is a film of discovery, about ourselves as we make our way through the world. It asks the viewer to think about themselves, to look inward, and think about how they function in this world whether they run, or not.