This outstanding documentary was the opening film at the recent Hot Docs Festival in Toronto. If you are intrigued by lightning you will find the topic of great interest. The film was well documented and presented. The film has been showing now for a few weeks so I suggest you go rather quickly to see it if you have any interest. The writer was hit with lightening at the age of 14. He told us that the incident was scary, overwhelming and changed his whole life.
We are told that 1 in 700,000 have the chance of being hit with lightening. The writer waited 20 years to write this script. He tells us how it changed his life. He was unconscious for a long time and recuperation was lengthy. One of his young friends was killed.
We are taken to various countries and told stories of people hit with lightening. Some people are charred beyond recognition. Others have been knocked unconscious and later woke up and were able to continue their life.
In Cuba there is a mixture of African beliefs mixed in with Catholicism. Many believe in Shango and perform primitive rites to keep Shango away. Shango means lightning and thunder.
Throughout the film we see creative photos of the magnificence of lightning in the sky. It truly is majestic but can be deadly. The writer states that his goal was to tell stories. He offers no theories. They certainly are unbelievable stories.
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