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Holy men and fools / Upside Films ; A film by Michael Yorke.
Penn Museum Library - Media DVD/PAL BL1171 .H65 2005
Available
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vasisht Giri.
- Uma Giri.
- Ascetics--India.
- Ascetics.
- Pilgrims and pilgrimages--India.
- Pilgrims and pilgrimages.
- Sadhus.
- Hindu priests.
- India.
- Hindu priests--India.
- Sadhus--India.
- Hinduism--India.
- Hinduism.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (71 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- London : The Royal Anthropological institute, 2005.
- System Details:
- DVD ; PAL.
- digital
- optical
- PAL
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- The movie is the story of two Hindu ascetics (sadhus). Uma is a Swedish woman, and Vasisht Giri, an Indian man. Together, they go on a pilgrimage of self-discovery into the Himalaya Mountains, towards the springs of River Ganges, in pursuit of Hindu saints and mystics. During their journey, they meet a sadhu who has not spoken a word for twelve years. They sleep in caves and huts of the ascetics. After twenty-seven years of searching, Uma finally finds the spiritual mentor she has been looking for all her life.
- Credits:
- Filmed and edited by Michael Yorke ; music, Sam Gills.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Classes of 1883 and 1884 Fund.
- OCLC:
- 505160125
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