Portals (United States) by Kathi Hendrick, Benjamin Henretig, Cornelia Hodges
Manhattan Independent Film Festival
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8m 32s
PORTALS explores the body, nature, and heart as doorways into deeper dimensions of self and our inherent interrelatedness. Through movement, imagery, and original music, the film enters the liminal space between inner and outer worlds, where the body becomes a threshold into feeling, knowing, interbeing, and transformation. PORTALS traces two journeys from disconnection toward reconnection, inviting viewers to question the boundaries of self and explore the possibility that we are not separate from one another, from nature, or from the larger web of life.
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