Program 14 Rituals of Bearing Witness
Forest of Bliss
- 1986 / Color / Digital File (Original: 16mm) / 90 min
Director: Robert Gardner
Producer: Ákos Östör
Source: Documentary Educational Resources
Robert Gardner’s ethnographic films had long borrowed the conventions of Direct Cinema cinematography. In Forest of Bliss, he adopts its purest form, rejecting music, narration and interviews for this poetic portrait of the city of Benares.