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A slow, contemplative documentary that sets ancient desert wisdom against gleaming scientific ambition, asking you to sit with the contrast and think.

Directed by

Dane Dodds

Genres

Documentary

Overview

The ancient knowledge of indigenous peoples challenges high-tech science in a near-cosmic tale from a South African desert where the world’s largest radio telescope is being built with antennae aimed at the far corners of the universe.

How it feels

Earnest, melancholic and eerie. Measured and demanding.

About

Science, colonialism, identity, nature

Content

Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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