Debuting January 22 in the World Cinema Documentary Competition, Smoke Sauna Sisterhood is an intimate look at a tradition that UNESCO has added to its "Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity." This might appear to be a heavy designation for a way to sweat out stress. Unless, of course, one happens to be South Estonian like director Anna Hints, who grew up with the knowledge that for centuries smoke saunas have also been a place of life (birth) and death. For the sma...
"I Realized That a Sauna Is Not Just for Cleaning the Body, but Also the Soul": Anna Hints on Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
Filmmaker Magazine - 22 Jan 2023 23:00
Debuting January 22 in the World Cinema Documentary Competition, Smoke Sauna Sisterhood is an intimate look at a tradition that UNESCO has added to its "Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity." This might appear to be a heavy designation for a way to sweat out stress. Unless, of course, one happens to be South Estonian like director Anna Hints, who grew up with the knowledge that for centuries smoke saunas have also been a place of life (birth) and death. For the sma...
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