East Cork Cinema Club will present a series of documentaries as part of the This Must Be The Place | The Great Island programme over the weekend of Fri 10th – Sun 12th March

Samsara
Friday 10 March
2 pm

Directed by Ron Fricke
Magidson films, 99 mins

Samsara is a 2011 non-narrative documentary film, directed by Ron Fricke and produced by Mark Magidson, who also collaborated on Baraka (1992), a film of a similar vein. Samsara was filmed over five years in 25 countries around the world. "Expanding on the themes they developed in Baraka (1992) and Chronos (1985), Samsara explores the wonders of our world from the mundane to the miraculous, looking into the unfathomable reaches of humanity's spirituality and the human experience. Neither a traditional documentary nor a travelogue, Samsara takes the form of a nonverbal, guided meditation. The pair researched locations that would fit the conceptual imagery of samsara, to them "meaning 'birth, death and rebirth' or 'impermanence'". They gathered research from people's works and photo books as well as the Internet and YouTube. Filming lasted for more than four years and took place across five continents. 

€5 SUGGESTED DONATION PER SCREENING

This event is part of the This Must Be The Place | The Great Island Project 2017