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Bawa: The Genius of the Place is a groundbreaking documentary film exploring the work of Sri Lanka’s most important architect …how he decolonized 20th century architecture and inspired Asia to live more naturally, sustainably and beautifully. Geoffrey Bawa (1919-2003) is widely regarded as one of South Asia’s most important architects of the 20th century - the equivalent of Frank Lloyd Wright in America, Luis Barragan in Mexico or Oscar Niemayer in Brazil. Despite many challenges throughout the years - the restrictions of building materials in post-war Sri Lanka, a thirty year Civil War that fractured the country, opposition from environmental and religious groups to one of his projects, and a series of strokes that left him paralyzed - Bawa prevailed, creating a body of work that is legendary in scale, scope and ambition. While his work has been celebrated in books, his work has been undiscovered by global audiences utilizing the medium of film. Using groundbreaking aerial photography
