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The birth of Shakti PIctures

Shakti Pictures is a visual arts film company. Shakti means divine, creative power, often associated with female energy.

Shakti Pictures was formed in October 2010 in order to produce our inaugural project, Daughters of the Curved Moon (working title), a documentary set in the Himalayas of western Nepal. The film is about a community in Jumla; a portrait of a lifestyle and culture. We are looking at women's changing role in society in rural Nepal. The inspiration came from a group of village women who attended a training programme run by a local charity, Empowering Women of Nepal and the subsequent affect it had on them.

In November 2011 we completed the first segment of shooting. We returned in March 2012, February 2013 and August 2013 for further shoots, tracking the passage of time, how things are changing in the lives of our friends and in the community in Jumla. This blog is the story of our ongoing progress.

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Indiegogo campaign finished - next stop Pokhara!

The Indiegogo campaign is now finished and we raised $10,033! Even with a little help from our previously committed donors the campaign itself gathered over $7500!

It has been an incredible fund-raising campaign. Aside from reaching our goal, we also received so much encouraging and heart-warming support in the form of promotion and positive feedback, energy and love.

Tomorrow I move to Pokhara to start the next phase of this journey. I will be volunteering with EWN (Empowering Women of Nepal), as well as starting to iron out the logistics of our shooting in autumn. I will be going back to Jumla in May.

More news as it unfolds...
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