TUE 2 SEPT
The Muse ART GALLERY
269 Portobello Road, W11 1LR




World Documentaries 1


6 pm

Rice (Chaawal)
Tamjeed Elahi Khan. Documentary. 73 Minutes U India
CHAAWAL (RICE) is a poignant documentary that unveils the staggering wastage of tons of rice in India due to a widely practiced ritual known as AKSHATA, delving deep into the stark contrast between the opulent world of Indian weddings where lavish celebration meets age old traditions and the tireless efforts of farmers who toil to produce the precious grain.

OMEGA WANTS TO DANCE
12A. 92 mins. Spain
A journey in search of individual and collective identity through dance, music, thought and spirituality. A point of intersection in constant movement and in which binomials such as body/mind, ecstasy/reason or faith/science star in an intense and dynamic choreography full of powerful stories and revealing ideas. Combining personal testimonies, historical facts, fiction and an electrifying audiovisual collage, the multiple dimensions of the act of dancing are explored: fun, catharsis, seduction, ritual, personal growth and, ultimately, one of the primordial forms of human expression, among us and with our environment.

RUCHARE
ISMAEL AVELEIRA. U. 61 mins. Spain
A traditional musician travels through his province with the aim of making an album with the people from two generations previous to him from whom he learned the songs.

DANCING ON STEEL
Lynnessa Parks. Music Documentary. 20 mins. U Trinidad and Tobago
“Dancing on Steel” honors Trinidad and Tobago’s indigenous steelpan, intertwining it with traditional folk dance to celebrate the island’s vibrant multicultural heritage through an innovative, rhythmic collaboration.

Maria
Aleksandra Stanojevic, Mina Nikolic, Dimitrije Ignjatovic
Documentary 14 mins. U Serbia
Looking for an answer to the question of what is the path to holiness, we came across the answer of what is the path to humanity.
The day at the Nikolje Monastery did not go as we expected.

BONSAI
David Fedele 10mins U. Australia
'Bonsai' is a gentle, poetic film about a man who has found contentment in his solitude and his garden. Through a quiet, unhurried lens, we observe his delicate work as he reflects on both the past and present; reminding us that the practice of Bonsai, like life itself, is an art of attention, respect, patience and finding beauty in simplicity.

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