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Peregrination
MOTTO: From human being to human compassionate GENRE:3-channel documentary observational video essay FORMAT: HD video, sound, colour ESTIMATED RUNNING TIME: 23 min In post-production SYNOPSIS A visual diary of a trip to holy place in India where the story is told through the portraits of people living their tough daily lives. SYNOPSIS A visual diary of a trip to holy place in India where the story is told through the portraits of people living their tough daily lives. PEREGRINATION project – a documentary observational video essay about a journey from Riga (Latvia) to a holy Shri Kedarnath temple located 3400 meters up in Indian Himalayas. Locations include cities and villages in Uttarakhand, India (Delhi, Haridwar, Kedarnath), and roads seen from local trains, buses and backs of the mules. People met during the journey from Delhi to Kedarnath are the real narrators of this non-narrative and observational video essay. The story is told through people portraits as we see them living their tough everyday life, which for Indians is imbibed with the divine. My idea was to keep a visual diary during the trip. I set off filming this project before the world was hit by a Covid-19 wave and experienced closure of borders between countries. Freedom of movement is one of the basic personal human rights as per Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and it is a priority for me. However, with all borders closed and all countries on quarantine, pandemic completely destroys the idea of an open and global world. |
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