An exploration of technologically developing nations and the effect the transition to Western-style modernization has had on them.

Powaqqatsi (1988)
  • Rating: (3,512 votes)
  • Tagline:Life in Transformation »
  • Runtime:99 minutes
  • Director: Godfrey Reggio
  • Country:USA
  • Actors:
    (archive footage)
    Christie Brinkley
    (archive footage)
    David Brinkley
    (archive footage)
    Pope John Paul II
    (archive footage)
    Dan Rather
    (archive footage)
    Cheryl Tiegs
  • Genres:Documentary, Music
  • Producers:
    Shyam Benegal
    international producer: India  
    Francis Ford Coppola
    executive producer  
    Tom Garrett
    co-producer  
    Yoram Globus
    executive producer  
    Menahem Golan
    executive producer  
    Marcel Kahn
    associate producer  
    Mandeep Kakkar
    international producer: India  
    Mel Lawrence
    producer  
    George Lucas
    executive producer  
    Tom Luddy
    associate producer  
    Kurt Munkacsi
    producer  
    Godfrey Reggio
    producer  
    Lawrence Taub
    producer  
Powaqqatsi
  • User's comment: by dmuel

    This is a superb second film of a once planned trilogy that began with Koyaanisqatsi. While the first had effects that might be likened to video-game razzle-dazzle, and was entertaining in its own right, Powaqqatsi is a celebration of humanity and does not repeat the earlier images. Perhaps some were disappointed by this, but this film stands finely on its own terms. A moving and delightfully photographed tour of the world. I have often wondered what became of the third leg of these efforts.


  • Also known as: Northsouth: Life on the Edge (USA - working title), Powaqqatsi (Argentina - imdb display title), Powaqqatsi - A Vida em Transformação (Brazil), Powaqqatsi - Változó világ (Hungary - imdb display title), Powaqqatsi, i zoi se metamorfosi (Greece - transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title), Powwaqatsi: Life in Transformation (USA - poster title),

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