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Depending on Heaven

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Depending on Heaven. © P Entell

Director Peter Entell
Country/Production Switzerland
Release 1988
Length 56 mins
Format Colour / DVD / PAL / All region
Location China / Asia
Ethnic Group Mongols

Order No RAI-200.178
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The film is in two parts and focuses on the Mongols living in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China. Part One (28 minutes) follows the life of a nomadic Mongol family on their yearly journey following their herds across north China. Part Two (28 minutes) gives a more contemporary view of the Mongols trying to reclaim the desert in a more sedentary lifestyle currently encouraged by the Chinese government. The second section highlights disturbing environmental issues regarding the destruction of these northern grasslands.

 

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