Let us Flow
Synopsis
The isolated mountainous region of Tusheti, in Northeast Georgia, is the site for a reflection on the importance of ritual, the maintenance of community ties, and how modernisation and migration are transforming rural landscapes. Shot over several years, Let Us Flow uses inovative audio-visual techniques to make visible the symbolic and physical division of sacred spaces within the community and offers a nuanced perspective on a culture where ancestral shrines are only accessible to men.
In a verdant mountainous region of Georgia, tradition and modernity intertwine. Carrying on the traditions of their ancestors, the men in the film race on horseback down mountains and across wide, expansive valleys in a performance of masculinity. The filmmaker states, “As the film progresses it becomes a film about distance: the twenty meter distance the Tushetian women have to observe from their shrines, the distance between me and my protagonists, between languages and translation.” Medoidze is never seen in front of the camera, made visible only through her voice. Yet even with this distance between her and her subjects the film, as shot from her perspective, makes for a truly immersive piece of observational filmmaking.
https://medoidze.com/LET-US-FLOW
Details
- Year
- 2022
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 63 min
- Format
- 4K video
- Director
- Sophio Medoidze 1st Feature
- Producer
- Sophio Medoidze
- Co-Producer
- Anna Dziapshipa
- Executive Producer
- Sophio Medoidze
- Editor
- Sophio Medoidze
- Director of Photography
- Sophio Medoidze, Goga Devdariani
- Sound
- Ivane Gvaradze
- Music
- Reso Kiknadze
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 3rd March 2023
