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Tibetan-language film

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How it feels

This is a collection of films made in the Tibetan language. The movies tell stories from Tibetan life, directed by filmmakers who center the culture.

meditativequietly powerfulatmosphericculturally texturedslow-pacedcontemplativegroundedobservational

What happens

A Tibetan-language film is a motion picture where the Tibetan language is spoken significantly. Some Tibetan language films include "Tharlo" and Old Dog, directed by Pema Tseden, China's first director to make films entirely in the Tibetan language, Pawo (2016), directed by Marvin Litwak, and "River"(2015), by Sonthar Gyal (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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