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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.

Sunday, November 20, 2011

Creature Comforts

Sophie and I are very excited to be settled in to our room at Amar Sandesh Guest House in Jumla Bazaar – the main town in Jumla. It seems like the height of luxury to us as we have electricity ALL night (there is even a TV) and most thrilling of all, we have an attached bathroom with a toilet, shower and sink that has running water, albeit cold. It really is quite extraordinary how novel this all seems to us after just a few weeks, but it seems like a long time since we didn’t have to get dressed and go outside (usually down some rickety stairs, hunched over so as not to hit our heads on anything) to go pee in the middle of the night. Now we are living the high life!

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