Fairbanks Center: Film Screening of "Valley of Heroes"

Date: 

Wednesday, December 3, 2014, 6:00pm

Location: 

CGIS South, Belfer Case Study Room (S020)

Valley of the Heroes

Produced and directed by Khashem Gyal
(In Tibetan and Chinese; English subtitles)
Q&A with Khashem Gyal following the screening

Cosponsored with the Committee on Inner Asian and Altaic Studies

Valley of the Heroes offers a rare glimpse at a pivotal moment of cultural and linguistic transition among Tibetans and Muslims in Hualong County, a remote community in Amdo, Tibet, part of what is now eastern Qinghai Province, China. Over the past several decades, Tibetans living in Hualong have experienced rapid cultural shifts accelerated by language loss – today more than 30% are unable to speak their own native language. The film spends time with an assortment of village residents and elders who reflect on the changes taking place in their community, and also documents a unique Tibetan language program that is attempting to address the situation. 

A film by Khashem Gyal.
In association with the Kham Film Project.