TOURISTS
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Polish travel groups explore the world and film everything and everybody in the process. Dance, music, traditional dress and costumes, but also poverty and environmental pollution seem to have inspired the diverse amateur filmmakers in particular. The video material constructs the “exotic” through the lenses of the tourists, while the film combines it all with an impressive soundtrack. In the end, the question remains: How is it possible to create a human connection when the only means at our disposal is tourism?
Polish travel groups explore the world and film everything and everybody in the process. Dance, music, traditional dress and costumes, but also poverty and environmental pollution seem to have inspired the diverse amateur filmmakers in particular. The video material constructs the “exotic” through the lenses of the tourists, while the film combines it all with an impressive soundtrack. In the end, the question remains: How is it possible to create a human connection when the only means at our disposal is tourism?
