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Through the Looking Glass

dGenerate Films • 14m

Directed by Yi Cui • Documentary • 2017 • 15 minutes

On a high-land Tibetan pasture, a screening event unfolds quietly. Monks, herdsmen and their families gather by the screen to observe life captured through their own lenses.

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asia, buddhism, china, communication, communication and media studies, dgenerate films, east asia, expository, film and video studies, monks, ovid, ovid_ca, s_0049, s_0108, s_0263, s_0426, s_0510, sociology, through the looking glass, tibet, title_t, world regions

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