Film about human towers to show at Whitman College

A local man who has been part of human towers since he was 3 will show a film Wednesday on the feats of athletics and architecture.

Maria P. Gonzalez
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin

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Photo courtesy of Felix Miret-Rovira
An eight-level human pillar towers above a crowd in Spain. A local man's documentary on the towers will be shown Wednesday at Whitman College.
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WALLA WALLA -- Now a Walla Walla resident, Felix Miret-Rovira is a long way from his previous home in the Catalonia region of Spain. But Miret-Rovira is looking to share an unusual slice of life from his home region through a documentary film to be shown Wednesday at Whitman College.

The free screening of "Castellers del Món," or "Human Towers of the World," begins at 7 p.m. in Olin Hall 130. The film will explore towers that are constructed by humans standing on one another's shoulders, a phenomenon also shared in two other countries.

ABOUT THE FILM

"Human Towers of the World," a documentary film, is showing at Whitman College on Wednesday. The documentary is a journey in search of places where the tradition of people climbing onto the shoulders of others to construct human towers is alive and it is integrated in the popular festivities.

This journey begins in Catalonia, then goes to Algemesí (Valencia), Marrakesh and villages in the Atlas mountains (Morrocco) and further on to Mumbai (India).

The film runs just under one hour and is in English.

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