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A Gesar bard's tale [videorecording (DVD)].

Kino Lorber, Inc., c2015.

DVD 398.209515 G389dd Doc

Oral tradition -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region.

Nomads -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region.

Tales -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region.

Gesar (Legendary character)

Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- Social life and customs.

Alternate title:

Sanansaattaja, A Gesar Bard's Tale [videorecording (DVD)]

[videorecording (DVD)].

1 videodisc (81 min.) : digital sd., col. ; 12 cm.

Program content: Illume Oy, c2013.

Tibetan with English subtitles.

Kino Lorber : Producer, Venla Hellstedt ; Executive producer, Jouko Aaltonen ; Directors, Donagh Coleman and Lharigtso.

Sanansaattaja, A Gesar Bard's Tale, is a Tibetan epic that has been called the greatest literary work of humanity. Standing at more than a million verses, it would fill 120 volumes if written down. This 1,000-year-old tale of the great ruler King Gesar and his times is handed down orally, as are so many beloved American Indian stories. The filmmaking team of Donagh Coleman and Lharigtso tell the tale of this tale through the lens of Dawa, a Tibetan nomad and yak herder. Though not able to read or write, he received a series of visions at age 13 that gave him the gift of telling this story and has made him into a holy man who has moved on from tending yaks to maintaining and sharing the stories. Coleman and Lharigtso pass this on to us in an 82-minute film that won the Séquences Award for Best Documentary at the Montreal First Peoples Festival.

Biographical documentary films.

Documentary films.

Coleman, Donagh.

Kino Lorber, Inc.

Alive Mind Cinema.

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