Summary Mentawai - a magic word and the best kept secret of a conspired community of surf surfers until a few years ago. This refers to a palm paradise on the coasts of the four Mentawai islands off West Sumatra. Until a few years ago, Hawaii or the West Australian coast were considered the "Mecca" of surfing, but today the four small Sumatra islands are considered the "high C" of surfing. On Siberut, the largest of the four Mentawai islands, lives the people of the Sakkudai, rule forest inhabitants. They are animists, believers in nature, whose shamans still ascribe their own soul to every piece of nature - whether plant or animal. Monkeys even have the reputation to accompany the souls of their ancestors to the afterlife. Since the island was "discovered" a few years ago by some surf freaks, this last enclave of a paradise on earth is about to strand in the glossy brochures of international tourism multinationals. GO EAST accompanies some surfers on a breathtaking journey through the island world off West Sumatra and illuminates their "balancing act" between gentle adventure tourism and the knowledge that this could be the beginning of the end of one of the last paradises.
Directed : Unknown
Written : Unknown
Stars : Richard Gere The Dalai Lama
Genres : Documentary
Countries of origin : Germany
Official sites : https://www.presseportal.de/pm/7169/414839
Language : German
Production companies : Martin Thoma Film- und Fernsehproduktion Haberci Productions
Summary Mentawai - a magic word and the best kept secret of a conspired community of surf surfers until a few years ago. This refers to a palm paradise on the coasts of the four Mentawai islands off West Sumatra. Until a few years ago, Hawaii or the West Australian coast were considered the "Mecca" of surfing, but today the four small Sumatra islands are considered the "high C" of surfing. On Siberut, the largest of the four Mentawai islands, lives the people of the Sakkudai, rule forest inhabitants. They are animists, believers in nature, whose shamans still ascribe their own soul to every piece of nature - whether plant or animal. Monkeys even have the reputation to accompany the souls of their ancestors to the afterlife. Since the island was "discovered" a few years ago by some surf freaks, this last enclave of a paradise on earth is about to strand in the glossy brochures of international tourism multinationals. GO EAST accompanies some surfers on a breathtaking journey through the island world off West Sumatra and illuminates their "balancing act" between gentle adventure tourism and the knowledge that this could be the beginning of the end of one of the last paradises.
Genres : Documentary
Countries of origin : Germany
Official sites : https://www.presseportal.de/pm/7169/414839
Language : German
Production companies : Martin Thoma Film- und Fernsehproduktion Haberci Productions