The Saltmen of Tibet (1997)

Original title

Die Salzmänner von Tibet

Directed by

Ulrike Koch

Genre

documentary film

Country

Germany, Switzerland

Runtime

1h 48m

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Tibetan clan travels on foot across harsh high-altitude landscapes to harvest salt from sacred lakes. They trade the salt for food to survive another year, while a singer from the tribe recites an ancient epic.

observationalmeditativeslow-pacedatmosphericquietcontemplativeancient

What happens

The Saltmen of Tibet is a 1997 film that chronicles the trek undertaken by a clan of Tibetan salt harvesters across scenic but dangerous territory from their settlement to the sacred lakes where salt is harvested. The salt is then traded for foodstuffs to maintain the clan for the following year. Woven into the movie are excerpts of a Tibetan singer from the tribe telling the tale of King Gesar of Ling, a traditional Tibetan epic. The dialogue in the film is in Tibetan with English subtitles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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