Title:
Tibet in song / a film by Ngawang Choephel ; a New Yorker Films release ; Guge Productions ; written, directed, and produced by Ngawang Choephel.
ISBN:
9781567305005
Publication Information:
[New York, N.Y.] : New Yorker Video, [2011]
©2011
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Title also in Tibetan.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2009.
Special features: additional Tibetan folk songs; theatrical trailer.
DVD; 16:9 (4:3 compatible) letterboxed.
Summary:
In Tibet, a once-sovereign nation for thousands of years, much of the country remains under harsh Communist Chinese rule and "patriotic re-education." The surviving Tibetan folk music shapes an endangered people's identity. Ngawang Choephel, a Tibetan musicologist who fled for India at the age of two, returned home to capture the music of his people. He was arrested and sentenced to eighteen years in prison, serving nearly seven before a highly-publicized release.
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Language Note:
Tibetan and English dialogue; English subtitles.
Production Credits:
Co-writer, Tara Steele ; editor, Tim Bartlett ; cinematographers, Hugh Walsh ... [et al.] ; co-producers, Yodon Thonden, Tara Steele, Don Thompson ; original music and narration, Ngawang Choephel.
OCLC Number:
ocn750278889
Availability:
Eagan - Wescott~1
