Dewi works at a dance studio to cover her expenses while secretly practicing late at night to perfect the moves of the lead dancer, Meggy. When Meggy fails to master a crucial, complex routine for the upcoming People’s Festival, the studio's choreographer discovers Dewi executing it flawlessly and replaces Meggy with her. This sparks an intense rivalry, further escalated when Dewi’s boyfriend cheats on her with Meggy. Unbeknownst to them, Meggy’s father, Gurniwa, is using the festival as a backdrop for his village head election campaign. Behind the scenes, he is conspiring with an investor to seize traditional village land for a luxury resort, directly threatening the locals' initiative to build a community-run tourist village.
The story is a moving sentiment of letting go of the past and putting trust and faith into others. Though you come into this world alone, surrounding yourself with others that support you and want to help is the greatest gift life could ever give.
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The repeated actions, the blood on the petals, the rustling under the floor…An ambient short horror film takes us into another realm.
'Ganja & Hess' is a 1973 experimental horror film, written and directed by the visionary auteur Bill Gunn. It was meant to be a straightforward blaxploitation film – but director Gunn had grander ambitions.
