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Films
2 Films
with a digital version available
x
Country
“India”
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Series
“0”
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Year of production
“2005”
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films with a digital version
2
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Region
South Asia
2
Country
India
2
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Keywords
Agriculture / Farming
1
Inter-religious relations
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
2
Social Change
1
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
1
Directors
Balikci, Asen
1
Balikci-Denjongpa, Anna
1
Lepcha, Dawa T
1
Yorke, Michael
1
Series
not set
2
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Country of production
India
1
United Kingdom
1
Year of production
2005
2
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Film list
Holy Men and Fools
2005
61
‘
Directed by
Michael Yorke
.
The film narrates the story of Uma Giri, a Swedish woman who has become a Hindu nun, called Uma Giri. She is one of the few western women to be accepted into the most radical order of wandering
South Asia
Religion / Belief / Faith
Inter-religious relations
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Tingvong: A Lepcha Village in Sikkim
2005
60
‘
Directed by
Dawa T Lepcha
Anna Balikci-Denjongpa
Asen Balikci
.
The film illustrates the changes the Lepcha of the Dzongu reserve, North Sikkim, have been through in the last 60 years. From the 1940s, the Lepcha of Tingvong village gradually abandoned hunting,
South Asia
Social Change
Religion / Belief / Faith
Agriculture / Farming