To Sing with the Ancestors
Director LI Xiapjiang
Countries
Duration 100 min
Synopsis
Heidegger depicted the ultimate goal of human beings “Human beings live on the land romantically.” However, in reality, the more we pursue this goal, the further away it is to us. We are now in the most resourceful time in human history, but we are also more confused about what happiness is. The camera cast upon an ethnic group in a remote land is not to just satisfy our curiosity but to find a way of life that has been long forgotten. It does not really matter what the author thinks about the poverty and backwardness accompanying the romantic life of the Hani people. What matters is the most powerful thing within the harmony of the group and the painful struggle inside Ge Bu.
Heidegger depicted the ultimate goal of human beings “Human beings live on the land romantically.” However, in reality, the more we pursue this goal, the further away it is to us. We are now in the most resourceful time in human history, but we are also more confused about what happiness is. The camera cast upon an ethnic group in a remote land is not to just satisfy our curiosity but to find a way of life that has been long forgotten. It does not really matter what the author thinks about the poverty and backwardness accompanying the romantic life of the Hani people. What matters is the most powerful thing within the harmony of the group and the painful struggle inside Ge Bu.