Phool Power: Goa Trance and the New Nomads

Feature Documentary: SILO entertainment

Enthusiasts say it is spiritually transforming, even religious therapists prescribe it as a form of psychotherapy and intellectuals tout it as a new means to world peace. In the last ten years, the powerful sound of Goa Trance has broken like a wave over the premier underground clubs of Tokyo, Amsterdam, Tel Aviv, Sao Paulo, London, Montreal and Chicago - but the style was born 30 years ago in the ramshackle hippie hangouts of Goa, India’s fishing villages. Now, as Goa Trance makes its mark on the world music scene, a growing number of hippies, spiritualists and other new age nomads are crashing on Goa’s sun-kissed shores. More than ever, Goa is a place where the world’s counter-cultures converge. And though they come from every corner of the planet, they have one thing in common: a taste for the euphoria of Goa Trance.

Phool Power: Goa Trance and the New Nomads is a feature length documentary that takes an intimate look at the music, drugs, people and technology that are making Goa Trance one of the most fascinating social movements of our times. Filmed against the gorgeous backdrop of tropical ex-Portuguese India, Phool Power profiles a unique group of intelligent, articulate Goa dropouts, and presents never-before seen footage of what’s going on in the secretive world of Goa Trance.