Powaqqatsi

Powaqqatsi p o w k k t s i POH wahkKAH tsee , or Powaqqatsi Life in Transformation, is a 1988 American documentary film directed by Godfrey Reggio and the sequel to Reggios experimental 1982 film, Koyaanisqatsi. It is the second film in the Qatsi trilogy.

In the beginning chapter, Serra Pelada, men from Serra Pelada a gold mine in Brazil are seen carrying bags of dirt up to a destination. In the middle of the chapter, various shots outside of Serra Pelada are shown. Near the end of the chapter, a few men are carrying another man who was struck by a falling rock mentioned in the Impact of progress feature on the DVD uphill along a procession of workers who are carrying dirt filled sacks. After that, several discordant layered exposures of the dirt carriers are shown. The scene cross fades to show the image of a head, with multiple exposures of the same head rapidly rotating and layered upon to give a manifold appearance. This is an apparent allusion to Janus, the god of beginnings, endings and transitions, keeping with the films central themes of progress and change. After that, the films title is shown in red.In Anthem Part 1, the sun rises up above an African village. Later, a man raises a sail for a boat. The next chapter, That Place, starts zooming out from a waterfall. Children can be heard laughing. Villages are shown as well as children and upside down water reflections. Anthem Parthas various shots of villages and islands shown. ........

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