Taiga (1992)

[Dave Monroe]

Documentary Frontiers
Friday, April 17 – part one 1pm ; part two 6pm – free screening
Saturday, April 18 – part one 1pm ; part two 6pm – free screening
Sunday, April 19 – part one 1pm ; part two 6pm – free screening

Taiga

Taiga is Ulrike Ottinger's rarely seen, legendary epic documentary
shot within Mongolia. Focusing on the daily lives of the Darchad
nomads and the Tuvan people of the North, Ottinger observes their
shamanic rituals, celebrations, hunting expeditions, real Mongolian
barbecues and other aspects of their nomadic existence amidst
spellbinding landscapes. Taiga mirrors the slow, unhurried pace of
Mongolian life.

"Ulrike Ottinger's Taiga comes as cool relief and a stark reminder of
how 'civilization' has shifted focus from community to individual.
Ottinger's staggeringly patient ethnographic project — recording the
way they live now — is a labor of exemplary attention and reticence."
-Georgia Brown, The Village Voice.

Co-Presented by the UWM Film Dept .

(Ulrike Ottinger, Germany/Mongolia, in German and Mongolian w/ English
st., 501min., 35mm, 1993)

http://www.aux.uwm.edu/Union/events/theatre/calendar/SPRING%2008/spring_08.htm#april

http://www.aux.uwm.edu/Union/events/theatre/

Taiga (1992)

http://imdb.com/title/tt0105521/

A journey to the yak and reindeer nomads in the northern land of the Mongols.

http://www.ulrikeottinger.com/en/ftai.html