What Lies that Way

After three days without drinking you also don't sleep: your brain can't shut down at night, so you begin to dream while you're awake.

– Director Paul Wolffram on undergoing the initiation to become a shaman, Newshub, 1 August 2017

...What Lies That Way is an attempt to give outsider audiences a glimpse of the ancient artistic traditions that exist in these remote communities. I spent 14 years learning the music and dance traditions, during various trips to the islands, and then I decided I was ready to attempt to enter the shamanic practice that allows men to become composers and choreographers.

– Director Paul Wolffram on website The Spinoff, 20 July 2017