Saw this at a festival in LA this year and really enjoyed it.
It follows a group of grandmothers as they travel the world and seek spiritual wisdom and preservation of traditions, nature, etc.
There is a really powerful scene in the film where the Grandmothers meet the Dali Llama. As they talk, he radiates life and not only brings wisdom to the conversation, but laughter as well!
Also, there is a scene where an indigenous tribe prepares a medicine made of special leaves that is transformative in healing and in spiritual enlightenment (through some kind of hallucination). Brought up good questions as to cultural relativity and whether we as westerners can judge the practices of other low-tech cultures when they do get results.
Visuals are beautiful, and the story is rich. I was left wanting more. Maybe there will be a sequel. Definitely need more movies like this in the world that don't rely on guns, sex, and car crashes to make an impact.
It follows a group of grandmothers as they travel the world and seek spiritual wisdom and preservation of traditions, nature, etc.
There is a really powerful scene in the film where the Grandmothers meet the Dali Llama. As they talk, he radiates life and not only brings wisdom to the conversation, but laughter as well!
Also, there is a scene where an indigenous tribe prepares a medicine made of special leaves that is transformative in healing and in spiritual enlightenment (through some kind of hallucination). Brought up good questions as to cultural relativity and whether we as westerners can judge the practices of other low-tech cultures when they do get results.
Visuals are beautiful, and the story is rich. I was left wanting more. Maybe there will be a sequel. Definitely need more movies like this in the world that don't rely on guns, sex, and car crashes to make an impact.