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Namibia Crossings

Switzerland / Germany, April 2004
FILM, Documentary, 92 min.

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directed by
Peter Liechti
Written by
Peter Liechti
Status
In distribution
Website
www.peterliechti.ch/filme/namibia_crossings

The Hambana Sound Company is a troupe made up of 12 musicians and singers, gathered from all over Namibia, Zimbabwe, Angola, Switzerland and Russia. Twelve very different outlooks journey through a country that is in the process of reinventing itself from scratch: Namibia, once former German-Southwest Africa. A search for the origins of music becomes a testing experience for each individual, taking them to the edge at times. Encounters with local music groups in remote provinces trigger a range of emotions – dramatic and euphoric as well as sad. “Namibia Crossings” takes a trip through a country of archaic beauty and bizarre contradictions. The film creates polyphonies of soulful landscapes made up of each individual's highs and lows.

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World Premiere
April 2004
Original Version
English, Africaans, German, African languages (german subtitles),  colour, 35mm, 92 min.
Production
RECK Filmproduktion, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, Bayerischer Rundfunk, SRF/3sat
Producer
Franziska Reck
directed by
Peter Liechti
Written by
Peter Liechti
Cinemato­graphy
Peter Guyer, Peter Liechti
Editing
Loredana Cristelli
Location Sound Mix
Dieter Meyer

World Sales / World Rights

World Rights
RECK Filmproduktion

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Switzerland
Look Now! Distribution
Release date: tba

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