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Powaqqatsi

Name: Powaqqatsi
Director: Godfrey Reggio
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1988
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Christie Brinkley, David Brinkley, Patrick Disanto, Pope John Paul II, Dan Rather

An exploration of technologically developing nations and the effect the transition to Western-style modernization has had on them.

1988 · Directed by Godfrey Reggio · 100 min · Documentary · 10 frames

Tagline

Life in transformation

Crew

Written by: Ken Richards, Godfrey Reggio
Cinematography: Leonidas Zourdoumis, Graham Berry
Edited by: Iris Cahan, Alton Walpole
Produced by: Lawrence Taub, Godfrey Reggio, Mel Lawrence

Cast

Christie Brinkley as (archive footage)
David Brinkley as (archive footage)
Patrick Disanto as Self
Pope John Paul II as (archive footage)
Dan Rather as (archive footage)
Cheryl Tiegs as (archive footage)

Production

Country: United States of America
Language: Spanish, English
Studios: Santa Fe Institute for Regional Education, IRE Productions, Golan-Globus Productions, NorthSouth Productions
Budget: $2,500,000
Box office: $589,000
Themes: nature, nature documentary, poetic documentary, no dialogue

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