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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.

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Images of Jumla - Tatopani

goats don't quite know what to make of the camera


Lauri in her kitchen making roti


kids often carry their younger siblings around


women carrying dung out to the fields

we followed

it takes many journeys to fertilise the fields and
groups of women all help each other

this woman has the most incredible eyes - and smile


the view down the valley towards Patarasi mountain


old man enjoying his pipe


young girls beating grain


Man Bahadhur in his kitchen smoking fish

washing clothes by the river



Nisha & Sophie



Lauri giving Sophie a tika as we prepared to leave Tatopani



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