“Ganges: A Journey Through the Senses of Water” (2018)
Director: Robert Restrepo
Country: India/Colombia
Run time: 75 minutes
Language: English (English captions)
There is no better example of the convergent identity of water and civilization than the banks of the Ganges, and the effects of environmental degradation are highly evident in its waters and the surrounding ecology. The film sheds light on this paradox, from Gaumuk to the Bay of Bengal, presenting traditional values and practices and their unequal struggle to meet the growing effects of climate change and ecological degradation. In less than a century, the Ganges may disappear due to the increase in global temperature, and with it one of the oldest civilizations on Earth.
