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Film still from the documentary "Laxmi's Blessings" by Karin Slater. Karin Slater with the camera and the Mahout Raja
© Steven Bartlo
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Film still from "Elefanten" by Karl Kels, Germany/Austria, 2000
© Karl Kels © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021
Film/Video
Double Feature: „Laxmi's Blessings“ and „Elephants“
Films by Karin Slater & Karl Kels
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| 5 EUR, reduced 2,50 EUR |
| Book your ticket in advance online or at the box office in the Foyer. |
| „Laxmi's Blessings“ by Karin Slater: Documentary, South Africa 2007, 23 minutes, Hindi with English subtitles „Elephants“ by Karl Kels: Documentary, Germany/Austria 2001, 62 minutes, silent filmt |
| English, Hindi |
| Subtitles |
| Ground Floor, Hall 2 |
| Part of: Terrible Beauty film series |
Eye-to-Eye introduction by Karin Slater, filmmaker, South Africa
These two very different documentaries observe the relationship between elephants and humans: Laxmi’s Blessings documents the life of an Indian family owning a temple elephant by vocation. They orchestrate spiritual enhancement and blessings with the animal’s trunk to devout Hindus. In his artistic documentary Elephants Karl Kels discovers interesting parallels between zoo visitors and cinema-audiences during the renovation of the elephant house at Vienna Zoo.