The film *To Hold a Mountain*, directed by Biljana Tutorov and Petar Glomazić, documents the off-grid transhumance lifestyle of Mileva Jovanović and her daughter Nada. Jovanović previously worked in an urban factory but chose to return to rugged mountain life to secure her personal freedom despite harsh weather and a lack of modern amenities. The documentary details her deep connection to the animals she grazes and captures her reliance on well water and wood-fired cooking.
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Pastoralists in Montenegro successfully resisted government initiatives to repurpose the…: Pastoralists in Montenegro successfully resisted government initiatives to repurpose the Sinjajevina mountain range into a NATO military training facility.
Jovanović abandoned low-wage city factory work to regain personal independence through tr…: Jovanović abandoned low-wage city factory work to regain personal independence through traditional off-grid mountain herding.
Ancient transhumance practices endure in the region despite the physical hardships of sev…: Ancient transhumance practices endure in the region despite the physical hardships of severe weather, predators, and seasonal livestock migrations.
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The star of To Hold a Mountain is having trouble with her goats, which keep escaping. So my interview with Mileva “Gara” Jovanović is rescheduled to a moment where the animals are under control and Gara can descend from the peaks to her small winter residence in a small village near the capital of Podorica, for a video call.
“You have to take care of them because they are always searching for their paths,” says Gara, whose Montenegrin is translated into English by Biljana Tutorov, the joint writer-director of the stunning film about Gara’s life in the mountains of Sinjajevina. “But the goats are good, especially when they know the shepherdess. I’m a good shepherdess. They listen to me.”
People listen to Gara too, as Tutorov and her partner and co-writer/director Petar Glomazić discovered eight years ago. Their epic commitment to filming this pastoralist community, whose way of life is threatened, has been rewarded: To Hold a Mountain has swept up prizes on the festival circuit after winning the grand jury prize for world cinema documentary at Sundance earlier this…
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