Paths of the Soul

Chinese director Zhang Yang’s Paths of the Soul is a captivating and profound portrait of a small group of Tibetan villagers on an arduous, one-thousand-mile pilgrimage to the holy city of Lhasa. With a graceful documentary style that makes full use of the glorious vistas of the Himalayas, Paths captures the astonishing self-sacrifice required as the group faced physical challenges, as well as the transcendence that helps liberate the pilgrims from their suffering.