Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey
2002, NR, 40 min.
Directed by Luke Cresswell, Steve McNicholas, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring .

Tap your toes around the world in this wordless documentary about global rhythms. The Stomp dancers begin by making music from household instruments before the film begins its international journey from the Bushmen of the Kalahari to the Kodo drummers of Japan, South African workers to Brooklyn Bridge steppers, cathedral bell ringers to a lone flamenco dancer. The film is a lovely cacophony of sounds and rhythms that shuts out the talk so we can better tune in.

This article appears in July 15 • 2005.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.