Crossing The Mountain 2009

A rare ethnographic portrait of the people of Wa, who live in the south-west mountains near the Burmese border, the film follows some passionate youths as they grapple with tradition and their future. Significantly, "crossing the mountain" is a practice that is both literal and figurative as the shifting nature of relationships unfolds. But the magnificent shots of nature do nothing to hide the lurking, sinister remnants of war.