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Films
found one film
Country
“China”
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Directors
“Vinken, Polly”
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Year of production
“2010”
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Status
“A”
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short films
1
Region
Central Asia and Far East
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Country
China
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Keywords
Social Change
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Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
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Directors
Vinken, Polly
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Series
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
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Country of production
United Kingdom
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Year of production
2010
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Status
Film
Views from Heavenly Lake
2010
26
‘
Directed by
Polly Vinken
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Since the beginning of the Mao era in 1949, populations that were once nomadic, isolated by miles of desert and mountains across the Tian Shan ranges, are now becoming highly sought after objects of tourism, attracting thousands of Chinese and worldwide travellers each year. Views from Heavenly Lake positions its audience in an ‘idyllic’ location around the lake, which plays host to a colourful exploration into the different ways the tourists of Heavenly Lake ‘do’ tourism. Through such a placing we begin to uncover the everyday lived experience of a family of Kazakhs as voluntary objects of tourism.
Central Asia and Far East
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Social Change