God Is a Woman (2024)
85 Minm | France, Switzerland | Documentary | 2024-04-03
Pada tahun 1975, pembuat film dokumenter pemenang Oscar asal Prancis, Pierre Dominique Gaisseau, melakukan perjalanan ke Panama untuk membuat film tentang masyarakat adat Kuna yang tinggal di pulau tersebut. Ditemani istri dan putri mereka, Gaisseau tinggal bersama Kuna selama setahun, mendapatkan kepercayaan mereka dan merekam upacara paling intim mereka. Ia berjanji akan membagikan film yang dihasilkannya kepada masyarakat, namun hal itu tidak pernah terjadi. Lima puluh tahun kemudian, suku Kuna masih menunggu untuk menemukan film “mereka”, yang kini menjadi legenda yang diturunkan dari para tetua ke generasi baru. Suatu hari, sebuah salinan tersembunyi ditemukan di Paris… Sambil mengungkap kisah menarik ini dengan kerendahan hati dan kehangatan, pembuat film Swiss-Panama Andrés Peyrot berhasil menangkap makna sebenarnya dari budaya dan tempat. Hasilnya sekaligus menjadi sebuah kisah peringatan yang menimbulkan pertanyaan seputar bagaimana dan mengapa film dokumenter dibuat dan untuk siapa, serta sebuah bukti kekuatan dari apa artinya melihat diri Anda sendiri di layar lebar.
In 1975 French Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Pierre Dominique Gaisseau traveled to Panama to make a film on the indigenous island-dwelling Kuna people. Accompanied by his wife and their daughter, Gaisseau lived with the Kuna for a year, gaining their trust and filming their most intimate ceremonies. He promised to share the resulting film with the community, but that never happened. Fifty years later, the Kunas are still waiting to discover “their” film, now a legend passed down from the elders to the new generation. One day, a hidden copy is found in Paris…While uncovering this fascinating story with humility and warmth, Swiss-Panamanian filmmaker Andrés Peyrot succeeds in capturing a true sense of culture and place. The result is simultaneously a cautionary tale raising questions around how and why documentaries are made and for whom, and a testament to the power of what it means to see yourself on the big screen.
In 1975 French Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Pierre Dominique Gaisseau traveled to Panama to make a film on the indigenous island-dwelling Kuna people. Accompanied by his wife and their daughter, Gaisseau lived with the Kuna for a year, gaining their trust and filming their most intimate ceremonies. He promised to share the resulting film with the community, but that never happened. Fifty years later, the Kunas are still waiting to discover “their” film, now a legend passed down from the elders to the new generation. One day, a hidden copy is found in Paris…While uncovering this fascinating story with humility and warmth, Swiss-Panamanian filmmaker Andrés Peyrot succeeds in capturing a true sense of culture and place. The result is simultaneously a cautionary tale raising questions around how and why documentaries are made and for whom, and a testament to the power of what it means to see yourself on the big screen.
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