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Stone Pastures
Film
Title of the film
Original title:
Stone Pastures
English title:
Stone Pastures
Hungarian title:
Kőlegelők
Production and shooting info
Country of the production:
Finland - fi
Year of production:
from 2007 to 2008
Year of shooting:
2007
Length of the film:
65 min
Colouring:
colour
Standard format:
DigiBeta
Recording format:
HDV
Original language:
Ladakh
Language of subtitle:
English
Description of the content
Stone Pastures tells the story of a nomadic family living on the Himalayan plateau of Chantang, Ladakh. In this high altitude cold desert, the most inhospitable of environments, father Sonam, mother Phuntsok, old uncle Tsewang, and the boys Padma and Kunsang struggle rearing pashmina goats. This struggle contains a paradox: Ladakh’s gritty, rocky conditions give rise to the finest of materials, pashmina wool. Produced by the nomads’ goats as a warm undercoat, this is the raw material for luxurious Kashmiri shawls, and the family’s only source of income. The film follows the family through the seasons in the context of their livelihood. Aspiring towards a more comfortable settled life, we find Ladakh’s nomads in a state of transition, between traditional life and modern ways. In Stone Pastures, this transition is seen mainly through the eyes of the family’s sons Kunsang and Padma, as they move away from the life of his ancestors, traveling between the high plateau and boarding school in Leh, Ladakh’s capital.
Credits
Director:
Donagh Coleman
Producer:
Beverly Cook
Martha O´Neill
Jouko Aaltonen
Cinematographer:
Donagh Coleman
Johannes Lehmuskallio
Timo Peltonen
Editor:
Breege Rowley
Sound:
Kimmo Vänttinen
Pertti Venetjoki
Douglas Murray
Company / Institution
Production:
Illume Ltd
Distributor:
Illume Ltd
Ethnicity and locality
Etnic group:
Ladakh
Continent:
Central Asia
Location
(City, village, region, mountains, etc.):
Himalaya
Tipology
Type:
non-fiction film
Form:
documentary film
Related sciences
Social science:
cultural anthropology
Keyword:
way of living
craft, trade
family
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