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Title Manakamana / directed by Stephanie Spray and Pacho Velez ; produced by Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Cinema Guild, [2014]

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Location Call No. Status
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult FOREIGN DVD  DVD FOREIGN-NEP-M    Check Shelf
Description 1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (8 pages ; 19 cm)
Physical Medium 4 3/4 in.
Description digital stereo rda
NTSC rda
video file DVD video rda
System Details DVD; NTSC; widescreen (aspect ratio of 1.85:1); stereo.
Note "Produced at the Sensory Ethnography Lab."
Originally released as a motion picture in 2013.
Summary "Filmed entirely inside the narrow confines of a cable car, high above a jungle in Nepal that transports villagers to an ancient mountaintop temple, [Manakamana] is an acute ethnographic investigation into culture, religion, technology and modernity ... For centuries, devoted pilgrims hoping to reach the fabled temple needed to undertake an arduous multi-day journey. Today, because of a new cable car system, the entire trip takes just under 10 minutes ... [The film] opens a rich and vibrant window onto this world over the course of eleven such rides. Each is composed of a fixed shot, lasting between 9 and 10 minutes ... With every sequence, we are introduced to new passengers: an elderly man and his grandson, a trio of teenage rockers, a married couple, a mother and daughter, three wives. Through their shared conversations, anecdotes, observations about the surrounding landscape, and even their silence, a detailed picture of their lives emerges; a story about history, tradition, and change"--Container.
Language In Nepali with English subtitles.
Note GMD: videorecording.
Subject Manakāmanā (Nepal) -- Religious life and customs.
Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Nepal -- Manakāmanā.
Manakāmanā (Nepal) -- Social life and customs.
Railroads, Elevated -- Nepal -- Manakāmanā.
Genre/Form Ethnographic films.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Added Author Spray, Stephanie A., director.
Velez, Pacho, director.
Castaing-Taylor, Lucien, producer.
Paravel, Véréna, 1971- producer.
Cinema Guild, distributor.
Harvard University. Sensory Ethnography Lab, production company.
Note Title appears on top of container as: Mana ka mana
ISBN 0781514754
9780781514750
Standard No. 881164000811
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