SF Theatrical Premiere Ganges: River to Heaven Dir. Gayle Ferraro US/India 2003 In the city of Varanasi, the power of Ganga, the Hindu mother-goddess of the Ganges, is strongest. Once privy only to the dead and those who mourned them, the final journey of the devout Hindu is the subject of, Ganges: River to Heaven. Filmed in a hospice for the dying and on the ghats of Varanasi, India's religious heart, Ganges follows four families' struggle to grant a loved one's final wish: to go to heaven. In their common quest the families become a fraction of the hordes of Hindus drawn to Varanasi's holy promise of freedom from reincarnation. As the clans prepare for death, the citizens of Varanasi manage life-praying for health, dumping industrial waste, begging for pocket change, bathing their children, selling to tourists, monitoring fecal chloroform levels, cremating their mothers-all along the banks of the Ganges River. Ganges: River to Heaven investigates the inextricable bond between a river and its people with unparalleled intimacy and depth. (79m)   Showtimes Links   Nightly: 7:15, 9:15 Sat & Sun: 2:00, 4:00, 7:15, 9:15 Wed: 2:00, 7:15, 9:15 Offical Site Internet Movie Database
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