HUMAN DOC FESTIVAL ONLINE
I WAS NOT BORN FOR WAR
Watchable. Consisting mostly of the main protagonist's poems and musings, it's slow-paced. You see people delighted with skydiving, discover their histories of lost friends and limbs but only hear brief mentions about war. Apparently such an experience makes everyone either good or bad, with no middle ground, and stays with you forever. The title is placed on a target. Poor poetry has ruined the film.
CHADDR - UNTER UNS DER FLUSS (CHADDR - A RIVER BETWEEN US)
Watchable. Don't let the splendid wintry views of the river valley mislead you. This documentary should be titled "The most extreme road to school ever": wading in freshly melted icy water, climbing, all over a few exhausting days. Just to get education. Climate changes and authorities taking too long to adapt form the backdrop. Comforting to see schooling has so much value to the people of Ladakh. Disturbing how quickly the climate warms. And awe-inspiring with the scenery. What is an extreme travel adventure to some means daily grind to others. The film's a bit on the slow side.
SURYAGANGA / SUNGANGES
Watchable. Entertaining. Hiring a popular actor to make humorous comments was hitting the bull's eye. The film explains the hazards of fossil fuel exploitation and the advantages of solar energy to everyone from illiterates to highly educated ones. I was shocked to see the Ganges disappear because of numerous dams - India doesn't look like what you learned about it just a few years ago. But in more general terms, it doesn't present anything new to the environmentally oriented ones.
White subtitles on often pale backgrounds in the first two movies were hard to read. The last one, however, put big subtitles on black backgrounds, also the dialogues, mostly English, were quite audible.
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