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Films
3 Films
with a digital version available
x
Country
“Nepal”
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Keywords
“Labour”
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films with a digital version
3
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Region
Central Asia and Far East
1
South Asia
3
Country
Japan
1
Nepal
3
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Keywords
Labour
3
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Marriage
1
Migration
1
Social Change
1
Socioeconomic conditions
2
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
1
Directors
Kharel, Dipesh
2
Saito, Asami
1
Winter, Pattie
1
Woodhead, Leslie
1
Series
Disappearing World Series
1
not set
2
Country of production
Japan
1
Nepal
1
Norway
1
United Kingdom
1
Year of production
1977
1
2006
1
2012
1
Film list
A Life with Slate
2006
59
‘
Directed by
Dipesh Kharel
.
Alampu is a beautiful and exceedingly remote village in Nepal. The majority of the settlers there are Thami people, one of the indigenous groups of Nepal. More than 90 percent of them have been
South Asia
Labour
Socioeconomic conditions
Playing with Nan
2012
88
‘
Directed by
Dipesh Kharel
Asami Saito
.
Playing with Nan is the story of a Nepali young man who migrated to work in a Nepali restaurant in northern Japan. The film explores his daily life at work and his family at home, which reflects
South Asia
Central Asia and Far East
Labour
Migration
Socioeconomic conditions
Sherpas of Nepal
1977
52
‘
Directed by
Leslie Woodhead
Pattie Winter
.
Thami is a village 12,000 feet up in the Himalayas in the Kingdom of Nepal. As the film’s opening shots illustrate, in a type of filmic short-hand, Thami is composed of a patchwork of individual
South Asia
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Labour
Marriage
Social Change