This documentary, set in remote Transkei, uses the passage of time [dawn, noon and dusk] and a footpath that traverses a certain village as a metaphor for Life. Everyone must walk along it. There are interviews with the Sangomas who reflect on the symbolic presence of animals in divination, magic and the ancestors. The poetry of Xhosa poet and scholar Abner Nyamende features in a soundtrack that tries to suggest a harmony between classical European melodies and traditional Xhosa music.

Francesca Bartellini has a degree in Political Philosophy from the State University of Milan and is currently reading for her Ph.D. at the Ecole des Hautes Études in Paris. She also writes for theatre and has taken roles in many films. She came to South Africa to work on the documentary on the TRC “Ubuntu and the Naked Rage”. One Day on the Path, shot by Guy Tillim, is her debut as documentary director.