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Thisfilmtracestheartist’spilgrimagetothreesites:AliceColtrane’sTuriyasangitanandaVedanticCenterinAgoura,California;WattsTowersinLosAngeles;andtheBlackspiritualactivistRebeccaCoxJackson’sWatervlietShakercommunityinupstateNewYork.Invividevocationsofeachplace’screativeatmosphere,Smith’scameraslowlyexplorestheashram’sinteriorandColtrane’smusicalinstruments,whileheruseof16mmfilm—withitssoftgrainandsubtlecolorpalette—infusesWattsTowersandtheShakergarden’sflowerswithanemotionalintimacy. Jackson’sadvocacyofracialandgenderequality,herfightagainstthepatriarchyoforganizedreligion,andherawarenessoftheAfricanrootsofherfaithresonatewithColtrane’sownhybrid,transnationalspiritualandmusicallanguage.Bothwomen’schallengestoacceptedauthorityare,liketheenduringindependentspiritofWattsTowers,groundedinasenseofplace,community,andgenerositythatarealsohallmarksofSmith’sowntransformativework.