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Angry monk : reflections on Tibet / Angry Monk Productions ; a film by Luc Schaedler ; a co-production of Swissimage, SF DRS (Paul Riniker).
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Tibetan
- Subjects (All):
- Dge-ʼdun-chos-ʼphel, A-mdo, 1903-1951.
- Dge-ʼdun-chos-ʼphel.
- Buddhist monks--China--Tibet Autonomous Region--Biography.
- Buddhist monks.
- Dissenters--China--Tibet Autonomous Region--Biography.
- Dissenters.
- Tibet Autonomous Region (China)--History--20th century.
- Tibet Autonomous Region (China).
- China--Tibet Autonomous Region.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Feature films.
- Biographical films.
- Biographies.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (97 min.) : digital, sound, color with black and white seq
- Place of Publication:
- [Brooklyn, N.Y.] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, 2006.
- Language Note:
- In English and Tibetan, with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- Examines the life of Gendun Choepel, a Tibetan monk who left the monastery to become a fierce critic of Tibet's religious conservatism, cultural isolationism and reactionary government. This criticism led to his imprisonment for three years as a political subversive. Includes archival footage, readings from Choepel's works as well as interviews with Tibetan historians, a travel companion, a contemporary British diplomat and Choepel's widow.
- Participant:
- Narrators: Loten Namling, Thomas Sarbacher, Phil Hayes.
- Credits:
- Interviews/research: Yangdon Dhondup ; editing: Martin Witz, Kathrin Plüss ; camera: Filip Zumbrunn ; music: Heinz Rohrer, Roland Widmer.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: Angry Monk Productions, [2005].
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed April 11, 2014).
- Publisher Number:
- if-angr Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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