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- Tibet in song [videorecording] / by Choephel, Ngawang,1966-; Guge Productions.; New Yorker Films.; New Yorker Video (Firm);
Co-writer, Tara Steele ; editor, Tim Bartlett ; cinematographers, Hugh Walsh ... [et al.] ; co-producers, Yodon Thonden, Tara Steele, Don Thompson ; original music and narration, Ngawang Choephel.In Tibet, a once-sovereign nation for thousands of years, much of the country remains under harsh Communist Chinese rule and "patriotic re-education." The surviving Tibetan folk music shapes an endangered people's identity. Ngawang Choephel, a Tibetan musicologist who fled for India at the age of two, returned home to capture the music of his people. He was arrested and sentenced to eighteen years in prison, serving nearly seven before a highly-publicized release.DVD; 16:9 (4:3 compatible) letterboxed.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Biographical films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Choephel, Ngawang, 1966-; Folk music; Folk songs, Tibetan; Exiles; Political prisoners; Political persecution; Human rights;
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