{"id":584,"date":"2016-04-09T17:47:19","date_gmt":"2016-04-09T17:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/waterdropfilms.com\/drokpa\/?page_id=584"},"modified":"2016-04-09T17:47:19","modified_gmt":"2016-04-09T17:47:19","slug":"press","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/drokpafilm.com\/?page_id=584","title":{"rendered":"Press"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Director Yan Chun Su\u2019s gorgeous observational film captures life on the Tibetan Plateau<\/b>. The last of Tibet\u2019s drokpa (nomads) lead herds of yak and sheep over hilly grasslands. No longer limitless and free- ranging, they move across sections of pasture, now allotted to them by the Chinese government.<\/p>\n

The drokpa speak of fences and goldmines, of happiness and hardship. There is constant intrusion to contend with, the greatest being massive climate change, as the once-lush Tibetan Plateau enters into an increasingly rapid desertification stage. As the desert grows, sand becomes an uninvited ingredient in most drokpa meals. Though the nomads resist by patching yak dung onto sprawling dunes and picking sand out of their food, they have been cornered. Su captures the last years of an agentive people caught inside a political and ecological landscape that is beyond their control.<\/p>\n

A patient and thoughtful documentary, Drokpa gives nuance to a traditional people. Beyond what is being lost \u2014 the brilliance of day- to-day drokpa ingenuity and environmental sustainability \u2014 there are things to be gained. Su observes the beautiful and the problematic in equal measure. As one drokpa woman puts it, \u201cWomen do most of the work.\u201d By offering a critical and complex representation of an indigenous people who are so often simplified, Drokpa demystifies Tibet\u2019s last nomads. With balance and equanimity, the narrative fully reveals the complexities of colonialism, patriarchy and climate change without judgment. ” – DOXA Documentary Film Festival<\/p>\n

Much like the nomads themselves, the film has a wonderful fluidity and movement to it. <\/a> – John Soltes, Hollywood Soapbox<\/p>\n

“Rarely is an audience privy to the intimate struggles of modern nomads, in this case the drokpa\u2019s of the Tibetan Plateau.<\/b> Yan Chun Su\u2019s unprecedented access paints a fascinating picture of a people caught between tradition and modernization, all set to the backdrop of a lifestyle that is quickly becoming impossible to maintain due to the effects of climate change. Gorgeous cinematography.” – EDA Award for Best Female Directed Feature Documentary Jury Statement<\/p>\n

breathtakingly beautiful<\/a> – Pat Mullen, POV Magazine<\/p>\n

It helps us smooth our perspective on the far corners of an essentially spherical planet.”<\/a> – Chuck Jaffee, The Union<\/p>\n

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