Film captures Mongolian life for posterity
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Chinese director Wang Quan'an says his film about Mongolian herders is for posterity, as economic pressures force them from the windswept steppes to crowded cities and extinguish their way of life.
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The film is a classic immigrant saga about how profoundly disorienting it can be to live in two cultures.
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There comes the moment in the career of many directors when they are compelled to tell the story of a great man in whose life they seem to see a glimmer of their own image.
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Bahman Ghobadi, the international face of Kurdish cinema, works in countries that are less than accommodating.
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Death, beauty and the persistence of art are the vast topics addressed in Heddy Honigmannâs frustrating documentary âForever.â
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One of the most important women in the world of alternative film, Monika Treut, recently completed a new documentary that is possibly the first of its kind about the people of Taiwan.
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Candid, and at times graphic, Spike Lee's documentary on Hurricane Katrina captured people's desperation and their ability to keep smiling no matter what.
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Amitabh and Salman seem to be having a party in reel life
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The fascination of this documentary is the light it throws on Nureyevâs life and career before his escape from the Soviet Union, through candid observations by close friends as well as colleagues in Nureyevâs youthful Leningrad years.
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Mongolians celebrated the 800th anniversary of Genghis Khan&#039;s march to world conquest on Tuesday with festivities that mixed commercialism with appeals to nationalism.
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HBOâs film on Doris Duke is extravagant in its detail and economic in its sentiment.
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For centuries the Tsaatan people have roamed Mongolia with the reindeer that provide their livelihood. But disease and inbreeding now threaten their herds&#151;and cultural future. With photo gallery.
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Livestock far outnumber humans in âTimes and Winds,â Reha Erdemâs transporting vision of life in a mountain village in northwest Turkey.
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Buddhadeb Dasgupta's film has a dream opening in Toronto.
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Jiah Khan gets candid with Rediff readers.
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Tian Zhuangzhuangâs biopic is a stately and respectful reflection on the life of Wu Qingyuan, one of the 20th centuryâs top players of go, a Japanese game said to rival chess in complexity.
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A good story and great performances make this an engrossing film to watch.