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Aluna

Synopsis

The Kogi civilization still survives hidden on Colombia's highest mountain. They believe they are guardians of the world. Their leaders are trained from infancy in darkness to connect with 'aluna', cosmic consciousness. They perceive 'black lines' that connect special sites essential to life. In 1990, convinced that we were destroying the earth, they sent a warning through a British film-maker and then withdrew. They have realised that we have ignored the warning and the world is in danger. So they recalled the film-maker and instructed him to film their demonstration of these connections, using 400km of gold thread.
People who have no wheel or writing travel to England for the thread, and discuss dark energy with a leading astronomer. But as their journey goes on they realize that the film-maker has no idea what they are trying to demonstrate and their own arguments are treated as fantasy. So they change tack, taking us up into their mountain to show exactly what they mean, and then coming down to join forces with leading scientists who recognize that they are communicating important cutting-edge knowledge.
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Details

Year
2012
Type of project
Features
Running time
90 mins
Format
Digital 2k
Director
Alan Ereira 1st Feature
Producer
Alan Ereira
Executive Producer
Ben Woolford
Editor
Andrew Philip
Director of Photography
Paulo Perez, Silvestre Gil Zarabata, Seamus Deasy, Carlos Henandez
Sound
Henbry Quintero, Giovanny Zerrati, Karl Merren, Richard Cordoba
Composer
Alejandro Ramirez Rojas
Principal cast
Mama Shibulata, Mama Manuel

Genre

Climate / Environment Science

Categories

Documentary

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Aluna The Movie Ltd.

Hamilton House
Mabledon Place
London
WC1H 9BB
UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7554 8755

Sales Company

Aluna The Movie Ltd.

Hamilton House
Mabledon Place
London
WC1H 9BB
UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7554 8755

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