Donkey overtaking

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Direction:
Marzeddu Daniele
Duration:
59'
Year:
2011, Italia
Genre:
Culture and Traditions
Contacts:
daniele@danielemarzeddu.com (autore)

Synopsis

Donkeys, donkeys, animals. Few people still hold so-called pack animals in high esteem, many remember them. Slow and steady movements of water carriers and people, from vast desert plains to the steepest mountains. The donkey, like the camel, the dromedary or even its most immediate relative, the mule, expresses with its mild gaze an anachronistic slowness, the breath of a world that more than forgotten wants to forget.

In the era of absolute and uncontrolled growth, how much weight do these animals still have today? The 'new' donkeys work for the revaluation of this healthy carrier of slowness, exploring and enhancing its little-known qualities, from its use inside prisons for the children of prisoners, to therapeutic practices through onotherapy. In an increasingly fast world, donkey overtaking.

Selected at Fica Festival 2012 Collebeato (BS)

BE' - Bologna Summer 2012

Scanno Natura Doc 2012

Credits

directed by: Daniele Marzeddu
cinematography: Daniele Marzeddu, Paoloreste Gelfo
sound: Pietro Tirella, Alberto Tranchida
editing: Daniele Marzeddu
music: Stefano Castrucci, Mikkel Martinsen and Paoloreste Gelfo
producer: Self-produced
Aspect ratio: 16:9