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Echoes from Tibet
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directed by Deben Bhattacharya, 1921-2001; produced by Deben Bhattacharya, 1921-2001, Open End Theatre (Montpelier, VT: Multicultural Media, 2004), 27 mins

Echoes From Tibet - Panoramic views of the high snow ranges provide the backdrop for the austere and rugged village life of Tibetans and Ladakhis, high in the the western Himalayas. "Echoes from Tibet" examines their shared social habits, Buddhist religion and customs. Tibetan script Harvesting and threshing; work...

directed by Deben Bhattacharya, 1921-2001; produced by Deben Bhattacharya, 1921-2001, Open End Theatre (Montpelier, VT: Multicultural Media, 2004), 27 mins
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This is A Music: Reclaiming An Untouchable Drum
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directed by Zoe C. Sherinian; produced by Zoe C. Sherinian (Sherinian Productions, 2011), 1 hour 13 mins
This ethnomusicological documentary is about the psychological and economic transformation of a group of Dalit [formerly called outcaste or untouchable] parai frame drummers from a village near Paramagudi, Tamil Nadu, South India. The internal shift in the self-perception that these drummers undergo includes three...
directed by Zoe C. Sherinian; produced by Zoe C. Sherinian (Sherinian Productions, 2011), 1 hour 13 mins
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Village and Town Music of India and Nepal
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directed by Roderic C. Knight (Montpelier, VT: Multicultural Media, 2004), 1 hour 3 mins

The forested hills and valleys of the eastern Narmada River in Madhya Pradesh, India attracted Rudyard Kipling a century ago, and more recently, for different reasons, ethnomusicologist Roderic C. Knight. Seeking to document the little-known musics of the region, Knight packed a notebook, movie and still cameras,...

directed by Roderic C. Knight (Montpelier, VT: Multicultural Media, 2004), 1 hour 3 mins
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