Elsewhere (2001)

Directed by

Nikolaus Geyrhalter

Genre

documentary film

Country

Austria

Runtime

4h

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A documentary travels to twelve remote communities around the world during the year 2000. Each month the filmmaker and crew visit a different place, capturing daily life in locations far from global millennial celebrations.

observationalquietcontemplativecalmslow-pacedfocusedanthropologicalintimate

What happens

Elsewhere is an Austrian documentary film in 12 episodes which describes life in twelve very different locations. During the year 2000 Nikolaus Geyrhalter and his teams travelled to different places each month, looking for places untouched by the millennium hysteria. Locations: Ekeschi, Aïr, Niger Karlgasniemi, Sápmi, Finland Ombivango, Kunene, Namibia Dumbol Territory, Western New Guinea, Indonesia Siorapaluk, Thule, Greenland Manmoyi, Arnhem Land, Australia Umla, Ladakh, India Kantek ko jawun, Siberia, Russia Zhongshi [忠实], Yunnan, China Tharros, Sardinia, Italy Gitlaxt'aamiks, British Columbia, Canada Falalop, Woleai, Micronesia (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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