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Tibet in song / Guge Productions ; a film by Ngawang Choephel ; written, directed and produced by Ngawang Choephel.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Multiple languages
- Tibetan
- Subjects (All):
- Folk songs, Tibetan--China--Tibet Autonomous Region.
- Folk songs, Tibetan.
- Folk music--China--Tibet Autonomous Region.
- Folk music.
- Political persecution--China--Tibet Autonomous Region.
- Political persecution.
- Human rights--China--Tibet Autonomous Region.
- Human rights.
- Tibet Autonomous Region (China)--Social conditions--21st century.
- Tibet Autonomous Region (China).
- Tibet Autonomous Region (China)--History--1951-.
- Tibet Autonomous Region (China)--Politics and government--1951-.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (88 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco, CA : Center for Asian American Media, [2010]
- Language Note:
- In English and Tibetan, with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Leaving Tibet after the Chinese invasion of 1950, director Ngawang Choephel was raised in India where he was surrounded by Tibetan refugees who instilled in him a love for traditional music. Returning to Tibet nearly forty years later as a musicologist, Choephel hoped to record what remained of Tibetan folk music. Confronted by the sounds of Chinese pop music and Communist propaganda, Choephel persisted in his efforts to preserve this native musical history, only to be imprisoned by the Chinese government as a spy.
- Participant:
- Original music and narration, Ngawang Choephel.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed May 27, 2021).
- OCLC:
- 1264102831
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