Sanansaattaja (Barde de Gesar)

Copresentation with Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal (RIDM)
2013
dvd
Tibetan OV
/ FRENCH ST
4920
Donagh Coleman, Lharitgso

Synopsis

The saga of King Gesar, with over a million known verses, is the most monumental literary work in the history of humanity. Dawa, an illiterate shepherd, like so many predecessors, has received the gift of speech in a Shamanic trance. The verses of the epic poem come up in his dreams. 

Filmmaker in attendance