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The great transmission / a Guna Foundation production ; director Pema Gellek ; producer Barry J. Schieber ; writer Julia Witwer.
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- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- Chinese
- Dutch
- English
- French
- Greek, Modern (1453-)
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Portuguese
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Buddhism--Sacred books--History.
- Buddhism.
- Buddhism--Sacred books--Preservation.
- Buddhism--Sacred books.
- History.
- Tibet Autonomous Region (China)--Civilization.
- Tibet Autonomous Region (China).
- Genre:
- Ethnographic films.
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Sacred works.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (55 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- [Berkeley, California] : Guna Foundation, [2016]
- Language Note:
- In English; optional subtitles in Chinese (traditional), Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish.
- Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, all regions; widescreen (1.77:1 aspect ratio) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1.
- digital optical surround Dolby Digital
- widescreen (1.77:1)
- NTSC
- video file DVD video all regions
- Summary:
- "The Great Transmission is the story of one Tibetan refugee lama and his efforts to preserve the sacred texts of his tradition. But more than that, it is the story of the epic journey of a precious inheritance of human knowledge from its origins in ancient India to the present day, and the celebration of the valiant efforts of those devoted to its survival."--Container.
- Participant:
- Narrator, Michael Nouri.
- Credits:
- Cinematography, Yann Tribolle; editors, Ian Liu-Johnston, Carolina Monteiro, Pauline Yu; music, Albert Behar; animator, Phanuthep Sutthithepthamrong.
- Notes:
- Videodisc release of the documentary motion picture produced in 2016.
- "The heroic efforts of generations to keep an ancient knowledge tradition alive"--Subtitle on container.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780692715857
- 0692715851
- OCLC:
- 958796738
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