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SUMMARY

Archaeo-astronomer Dean Liprini embarks on a 30 year journey to unlock the mysteries of ancient stone sites in Southern Africa. His explorations reveal a deep connection with nature, and points to forgotten civilizations, and the origin of human spiritual consciousness.

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Directed by Nicole Felbert, in dedication to Dean Liprinis work with the Sacred Sites of Southern Africa.
5% of the films profit goes towards this foundation that aims to protect our sacred sites heritage in Southern Africa and help indigenous communities.

Distribution by Sherene Kingma, Managing Director @ Merx International

QUICK OVERVIEW

What does the mythology and spirituality coming out of Africa look like in today's world? What does it teach us, and how does this deep connection and knowledge tie in to the Ancient African Skywatchers?

Ancient African Skywatchers connects our human spiritual awakening to sacred geometry in nature and light paths of the sun. Can we awaken our deepest memories from a forgotten civilisation at the bottom of Africa?

These ancient sacred sites are possibly the oldest yet found in the world. Like Stonehenge, the Giza Pyramids, Göbekli Tepe, and Machu Picchu, they align with and "watch" the sun and stars. Dean's research further links with ancient myth and indigenous stories from around the world.

What's remarkable is that the sacred sites are aligning now with the solstice and equinox, after 21 000 years! Why now?

The Skywatcher sacred sites are potentially the precursors to other sacred sites around the world.

FILM SYNOPSIS

Origins of Consciousness is a film about Dean Liprini’s transformative journeys through Southern Africa, and how he discovers sacred sites that last aligned with the sun, moon and stars 21 000 years ago.

What are the indigenous myths that tie in to these sacred sites, and what can we discover from the spirituality and connection to the land these ancient people left for us to decipher?

He is determined to unearth the mysteries of what points towards a lost civilisation, and starts his journey as a young man, giving up his job to follow what he calls the pathways of the sun.

At his most comfortable, Dean is barefoot and in the wilderness, measuring  the landscape with the cosmos. At home he is balancing family life with the arduous task of documenting his discoveries.

A filmmaker follows him over mountains where few have been, to see how the sites line up with the solstice sun, and rising stars, experiencing these powerful solar line ups through his eyes.

Dean dedicates the last 30 years of his life to find and understand the mysterious stone monoliths and carved faces hidden in plain sight in the Southern African landscape, earning him the name ‘Man of the Mountain’, or Mtabeni, first given to him by his African teacher, and chief medicine man: Baba Credo Mutwa. He calls these places sacred sites, as he believes ancient man performed ritual ceremonies here.

As he starts to perceive nature’s cycles, while living off the land, he discovers his intuition, innate abilities and potentially the birthplace of  human spiritual consciousness.

WHERE WILL THE FUNDS GO?

A trip deeper into Southern Africa:

This is the part we have been waiting for to tie the story line together! Bringing in African mythology and indigenous stories. So very exciting! 😀

Post-production:

We need your help to see our film through the finish line! We will use donations to hire professional colouring, audio and music, editing and animation services.

Our next goal to get funding for the trip is $2620

If you would like to help in other ways, with your expertise or time, please write to us on nicky@nickyfelbertfilm.com

You can contact us directly if you want to donate in ZAR.

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THANK YOU!

MAIN CHARACTER

Dean Liprini is based in Cape Town, South Africa and for over 30 years has explored and researched the sacred sites of South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia. The author of Pathways of the Sun, Unveiling the Mysteries of Table Mountain & Beyond, he has studied archaeology, astronomy, geology, geography, history, mythology, sacred geometry, and the healing aspects of sacred sites. To help protect sacred sites and to create greater awareness of them, he founded the Sacred Site Foundation of Southern Africa in 2012. 

THE WIDER STORY OF CHARACTERS

 Our story is supported with archive footage of Baba Credo Mutwa from Dean Liprinis travels, indigenous peoples working with sacred spaces in Southern Africa, explorers like Michael Tellinger, and expert opinion from around the world.

DIRECTORS INTENTION

Fourteen years since my first documentary, and working in the film industry in the commercial realms of fashion and corporate, I was ready to explore my first love again; film-making. My fascination with Dean Liprinis’ work has grown from my infatuation with nature and magic. In a time where consumerism and perpetual work is taking its toll on society worldwide, going back to our ancient roots seemed the best place for answers to a desperately needed change in my view. I wanted to offer a new vision, one that stems from a deep-rooted memory of our collective consciousness on this beautiful planet we call home. To somehow dislodge the smog of our daily lives to reveal a true and innocent past that we can build on.

Filming with Dean at the power places he calls ‘Sacred Sites’, has been visually spectacular. More prominent than this, is the undeniable feeling of peace and expansion of a Solstice sunset at a sacred site that seems to have been used for just this purpose for thousands of years. My obsession to convey this quiet feeling and message of hope, has spurred me forward through the years of capturing each of the main sites over these very particular solar line-ups. It is my unrelenting desire to create a gentle rift in the minds of all who watch this film. To understand our conscious roots and build a vision of humanity in a new paradigm of love and care for all on this planet, as is the way our forefathers seemed to live tens of thousands of years ago.

The evidence of a lost civilization is overwhelmingly tantalizing, and asks the question, what is the value of going backwards? I hypothesize that in order to move forward as a species with a chance of survival, we need to build on our roots. What is most fascinating to me is that our greatest chance of successful survival is through our conscious beginnings. These original conscious behaviors seen from this evidence are synonymous with every human on this planet, no matter your race, creed or religion.  

Attempting to answer such vast questions in one sweeping film may seem an ambitious task. For me, this film is my release, an answer to the call of a dying race, and some light on the perpetual need to know, ‘who am I’? - Nicole Felbert