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Starring
Pope John Paul II

Director
Godfrey Reggio

Year
1988

Genre
Documentary

Synopsis
This thought-provoking documentary directed by Godfrey Reggio, and the second in his trilogy, focuses on natives of the Third World - the emerging, land-based cultures of Asia, India, Africa, the Middle East and South America and of how they express themselves through work and traditions beginning with the opening images of the Serra Pelada goldmines in Brazil.

Depicting the contrasting ways of life, and in part how the lure of mechanisation and technology and the growth of mega-cities are having a negative effect on small-scale cultures, this is a celebration of the human-scale endeavour the craftsmanship, spiritual worship, labour and creativity that defines a particular culture.

It's also a celebration of rareness; the delicate beauty in the eyes of an Indian child, the richnes of a tapestry woven in Kathmandu and yet an observation of how these societies move to a universal drumbeat.

Director Reggio "It's an impression, an examination of how life is changing. That's all it is. There is good and there is bad. What we sought to capture is our unanimity as a global culture. Most of us tend to forget about this, caught up as we are in our separate trajectories. It was fascinating to blend these different existences together in one film."

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