Self
Explores one of the most intense & unique relationships between people who rarely meet: music artists and their fans. Folk rock icons Indigo Girls openly share their journey, which has powerfully influenced the life of their biggest fan. Composer and pianist Vijay Iyer examines issues of immigration and race through his music; his work touches the heart of Garnette, a “man of the streets” from Kingston, Jamaica. Rapper and activist Talib Kweli inspires and transforms the life of Mike, a “Hip Hop” architect from Detroit.
Writer
Bhargava and Iyer were inspired by the centennial of the Stravinsky-Nijinsky The Rite of Spring to explore another of rite of spring: the Hindu festival of Holi, famous for its revelry of color in celebration of the love between the divine Krishna and mortal-born Radha. In northern India, Bhargava filmed the ravishing images of an eight-day Holi festival held in the city of Mathura, mythic birthplace of Krishna. Iyer – who released his ECM debut, Mutations, earlier this year – then composed his score as the musical complement to Bhargava’s beautiful visual ballet, drawing at times on the rhythms and chants of the Holi festival; the result is one of Iyer’s warmest, most colorful creations to date, as rich melodically as it is texturally. RADHE RADHE: Rites of Holi is a kaleidoscopic experience.
Music
El intelectual etíope Anberber regresa a su país natal durante el represivo régimen totalitario de Haile Mariam Mengistu y el reconocimiento de su propio desplazamiento e impotencia ante la disolución de la humanidad y los valores sociales de su pueblo. Después de varios años de estudiar medicina en Alemania, descubre que el país de su juventud ha sido reemplazado por la confusión. Su sueño de utilizar su oficio para mejorar la salud de los etíopes es aplastado por una junta militar que utiliza científicos para sus propios fines políticos. Al buscar la comodidad de su casa rural, Anberber no encuentra refugio de la violencia. El consuelo que brindan los recuerdos de su juventud es rápidamente reemplazado por las fuerzas rivales de las facciones militares y rebeldes. Anberber debe decidir si quiere soportar la tensión o reconstruir una vida a partir de los fragmentos que se encuentran a su alrededor.
