Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Mustang : journey of transformation / Mill Valley Film Group ; Will Parrinello, producer/director ; Sarah Kass, writer.

Publisher, Date:

[United States] : PBS Home Video, [2010]

Description:

1 videodisc (30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

The people within the Himalayan Kingdom of Mustang, one of the last authentic Tibetan sanctuaries, have struggled to keep their monasteries, art, and culture alive. On the edge of collapsing, learn how they are restoring their sacred sites and saving what they hold most dear.

Target Audience Note:

Not rated.

Subjects:

Bon (Tibetan religion) -- Sacred books -- Preservation.

Religious articles -- Nepal -- Mustang (District)

Painting, Ancient -- Conservation and restoration.

Architecture, Ancient -- Conservation and restoration.

Art objects -- Conservation and restoration.

Bon (Tibetan religion) -- History.

Mustang (Nepal : District) -- History.

Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- Description and travel.

Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- History -- 1951-

Nepal -- Antiquities.

Nepal -- History.

Nepal -- Religion.

Nepal -- Social life and customs.

Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- Religion.

Genre:

Documentary television programs.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Nonfiction television programs.

Television programs for hard of hearing people

Other Author:

Gere, Richard, 1949-

Kass, Sarah.

Mill Valley Film Group.

National Geographic Society (U.S.)

Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)

Notes:

Originally produced in 2009.

Special feature: Tiji Dance Festival.

Will Parrinello, producer/director ; Sarah Kass, writer.

Richard Gere, narrator ; featuring his Holiness the Dalai Lama.

DVD, widescreen; stereo.

Closed-captioned.

Contents:

The monasteries are crumbling -- Mustang is a time capsule -- Buddhism -- Kingdom's fortunes declined -- The journey begins -- Preserving culture through education -- Arriving in Lo Manthang -- The restoration begins -- Renaissance.

ISBN:

9781608831142

1608831140

Publisher Number:

MUJT601

Other Number:

475058399

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

328306

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD 299.54 Mustang