THE ASTRONOMER AND THE INDIAN

  • Sylvie Blum
  • Carmen Castillo
  • Documentary
  • 2002
  • 1h18

In the Atacama desert in Chili, four of the largest astronomical observatories on the planet have been built. A new observatory, the ALMA, is going to be constructed a few kilometers from Indian villages established in the same Cordillera for centuries. The film questions the co-existence on the same
territory of two visions of the sky: scientists’ “rational” view and the Indians’ “magical” one.

Production
  • Ex Nihilo
  • Patrick Sobelman
Coproduction
  • ARTE FRANCE
International seller Doc & Film international

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