IN SEARCH OF THE WISE WOMAN
In this feature documentary, an ancient Russian tradition, a mother who prayed, and a desire to serve people in her remaining years leads this documentary's narrators to wonder: where is the wise woman in ordinary life and how do I become her? A handful of friends uncover a troubling invisibility of the elder woman in our times and the loss of access to her unique wisdom. How can her vital presence be meaningfully restored in public and private communal life? And how can we tell her story?
Check back for more on the companion narrative feature Back When the Light Began Its Journey Toward Us which tells of an eccentric Russian wise woman who has occupied Griffith Park for as long as anyone can remember. She is mocked, feared, and also revered as an eccentric. When the truth of her past is discovered by a curious girl who has moved to Los Angeles with her single father, a series of consequences show how the hermit is mysteriously connected to the health of the park and the metropolitan city that surrounds it.