Joomla! site syndication http://kensingtontv.com/nepal Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:05:41 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://kensingtontv.com/nepal/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://kensingtontv.com/nepal Joomla! site syndication http://kensingtontv.com/nepal/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31 Screenings (Fall 2008): Return to Nepal is set to screen in Toronto at the Planet in Focus International Environmental Film Video Festival (October 22 to 26, 2008). For further details, visit the Planet in Focus website (www.planetinfocus.org (http://www.planetinfocus.org)). Return to Nepal has been invited to screen at the Banff Mountain Film Festival (November 1 to 9, 2008). Screenings will take place during the afternoons of Saturday November 8th and Sunday November 9th. For further details, visit the Banff Mountain Festivals website (www.banffcentre.ca/mountainculture/festivals/2008 (http://www.banffcentre.ca/mountainculture/festivals/2008)). View Some Excerpts From the Film: Flying to Humla with Bruce Cockburn 3YX6E8dJnVg Crops from Stones with Bruce Cockburn TWheIjoxFnU Humla Meditation (Instrumental) by Bruce Cockburn xuUrrlSYLxY Producer/director Robert Lang and cinematographer Guy Clarkson accompany musician Bruce Cockburn as he returns to the spectacular Himalayan country of Nepal after twenty years away. He finds a land where much has changed, with a Maoist government recently installed, women newly empowered, and fresh initiatives to deal with the grinding poverty of the majority of the Nepali people. But it’s also a land where, in some of the remotest areas, life is lived much in the way it has for centuries – salt caravans, subsistence farming on steep mountain terraces and off-the-grid villages connected by an ancient network of footpaths. Return to Nepal is a revealing glimpse at a corner of the world we know little about, but whose people have much to offer us: spiritual wisdom, tactics for survival in a tough land, and shining examples of interdependence and determination. News - Latest Wed, 07 Nov 2007 18:47:58 +0100 http://kensingtontv.com/nepal/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=30 The Team is now coming home from Nepal. We have one more audio interview with Bruce Cockburn – this one conducted by phone by CBC Radio's Jian Ghomeshi. Good stuff. cbcinterview That's it for our blogs from the field. But... as soon as filmmaker Bob Lang has digitized some footage from the trip, we'll display some video from Nepal right here. News - Latest Wed, 07 Nov 2007 18:47:58 +0100 http://kensingtontv.com/nepal/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=28 Today, the team is back in Katmandu, with a good internet connection so... here are some pics of the trip. women of the savings and credit group in Dandafaya grandfather of Tashi Lama (our translator) 2 young women in Bargaon Bruce with his friend MJ producer/director/sound recordist Robert Lang This is Bruce learning a Nepali peace song from Ananda in Simikot. all pictures by DOP Guy Clarkson News - Latest Wed, 07 Nov 2007 18:47:58 +0100 http://kensingtontv.com/nepal/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=27 Today, we have a long and relatively clear audio blog from Bruce Cockburn. He talks about the journey so far (much of it on foot) and about politics and development in Nepal. nov20bruce As of tomorrow, the team will head out of the Humla region towards Kathmandu. They promise to upload pics, and maybe a video or two, as soon as they can find a better internet connection than their satphone. News - Latest Wed, 07 Nov 2007 18:47:58 +0100 http://kensingtontv.com/nepal/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26 Today, we have an audio blog from filmmaker Robert Lang, from a tiny village somewhere in the mountains of Nepal. (Bob tells me Bruce has a bit of cold and is not in good voice. He believes Bruce will be able to do another blog tomorrow.) We asked Bob to speak as loudly as possible, but he was loath to do so because it was evening in the village, and all the villagers were already asleep. He didn't want to disturb them, especially, as he told us, because they had been so hospitable and welcoming. So... this blog is a bit hard to hear, but no impossible. We hope you enjoy it. Part 1: Bob talks about life in the village (click PLAY ARROW to listen): nov18bob Part 2: Bob talks about recent positive changes in village life: nov18bob_food Part 3: Bob relates a story about the pressures Maoist insurgents exert on villagers: nov18bob_maoists News - Latest Wed, 07 Nov 2007 18:47:58 +0100