Journey from Zanskar (2010)
How far would you go to save your dying culture?
90 min
Zanskar is one of the last remaining original Tibetan Buddhist societies with a continuous untainted lineage dating back thousands of years. In nearby Tibet and Ladakh, in Sikkim, Bhutan, and Nepal, traditional Tibetan Buddhist culture is either dead already or dying. The horror of Chinese government design in Tibet is being matched by the destruction of global economics elsewhere. Zanskar, ringed by high Himalayan mountains in northwest India, one of the most remote places on the planet, has been safe until now. But that’s changing. As economic growth descends on Zanskar it will bring with it an end to this unbroken Buddhist social tradition. Will the native language, culture, and religious practice be able to survive?
- Release date
- February 10, 2010
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- The Dalai Lama
- Lobsang Dhamchoe as Self
- Richard Gere as Narrator
- Geshe Lobsang Yonten as Self
Crew
- Frederick Marx · Director
- Frederick Marx · Writer
- Frederick Marx · Producer
- Michael Fitzpatrick · Composer
- Adam Schiff · Composer
- Nick Sherman · Cinematographer
- Joanna Kiernan · Editor
- Frederick Marx · Editor