[Reellife] And you thought it rained a lot on the Wet Coast...

[dave olsen]

/Monsoon <http://www.viff.org/theatre/films/fc8452-monsoon>/ is new documentary 
from Canadian Sturla Gunnarsson that examines how the entire Indian 
sub-continent waits with baited breath each year for the life-giving Monsoon.

As you'll see, it provides enough rain to make one place the wettest on the 
planet, flooding cities and rivers routinely.

But the film also shows how it can - and does - miss other parts of South Asian, 
mystifying the experts and allowing death to reign over large areas.

But what struck me the most was how all the people of a land of such diversity 
of cultures now resemble Americans.  In dress and speech, the subcontinent is 
turning into a sub-empire, despite the work of Gandhi and millions of others to 
remove the British.

This documentary is beautifully shot and easy to follow and understand, 
utilizing many high tech aids to help us along.

But this year's /Monsoon <http://www.viff.org/theatre/films/fc8452-monsoon>/ has 
brought them more than rain; it is undermining thousands of years of culture 
under the guise of science and tech but primarily through the force of global 
economics.

And it seems that Indians are helpless on both accounts.

See for yourself, as this /Monsoon 
<http://www.viff.org/theatre/films/fc8452-monsoon>/ is just about to start at 
the Vancity Theatre <http://www.viff.org/theatre> in Downtown Vancouver this 
afternoon:
Saturday, April 25 @ 4:30pm
Sunday, April 26 @ 8:00pm
Monday, April 27 @ 1:00pm
Wednesday, April 29 @ 10:30am
Thursday, April 30 @ 8:00pm

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Warmly,
dave/
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