Downtown Independent Theater (Venue Partner)
251 S Main St
213.617.1033
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Footsteps in Africa: A Nomadic Journey
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Aug 5, 2009 – Aug 9, 2009
Daily
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- Price
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$10
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Director Kathi von Koerber has created a visual love letter to the nomadic Tuareg people's way of life. Following a community in perpetual motion, Footsteps in Africa: A Nomadic Journey is more than a social-science documentary. It is a visually arresting, musically revolutionary defense of a non-materialist way of life centered around the algorithms of nature and a spirit of cooperation and self-reliance. Featuring a soundtrack with contributions from Tinawiren and other sub-Saharan musicians, as well as interviews with villagers, artists, scholars, and a cast of unusual road-trip characters, the film is educational, sure — but more than that, it is sheer sensory pleasure to absorb.
