The essence of any experience is to be found where people are in most intense contact with the place they occupy. What the people in this documentary share is that their nomadic disposition, which strips life down to its bare essentials, makes them completely centered human beings. Filmmakers Nicolas Humbert and Werner Penzel traveled through Europe and Africa with these very different nomads for three years. Far from being a simple comparative study of nomadic lifestyles, Middle of the Moment is a nomadic adventure in itself.