Copyright 2026, Documentary Educational Resources https://store.der.org/heckman-andrea-c632all.aspx Sun, 20 Sep 2026 18:12:43 GMT 60 Nexternal RSS 2.0 en-us https://store.der.org/bn-mustang-to-menri-p204.aspx Product204 Thu, 26 Jul 2018 09:36:00 GMT <div style="float:left"><a class="url" href="https://store.der.org/bn-mustang-to-menri-p204.aspx"><img src="//cdn.nexternal.com/der/images/bon-mustang-to-menri.jpg" alt="Bön: Mustang to Menri" border="0" hspace="3"></a></div><span class="riRssTitle"><a href="https://store.der.org/bn-mustang-to-menri-p204.aspx">Bön: Mustang to Menri</a></span><br><a href="https://store.der.org/bn-mustang-to-menri-p204.aspx">Buy Now:</a> <span color="#990000"><b>$320.00</b></span> <br /><br /><div>“Bön is Tibet's oldest spiritual tradition and, as the indigenous source of Tibetan culture, played a significant role in shaping Tibet's unique identity. Consequently, I have often stressed the importance of preserving this tradition.” — His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama&nbsp;<div><br /></div><div><i>Bön: Mustang to Menri</i> tells the story of Asonam, a 10 yr. old boy, who made a journey from his homeland, the ancient kingdom of Mustang (now part of Nepal) to Menri Monastery in Northern India. There Asonam made the commitment to become a Geshe, equivalent to a PhD, and after 13 additional years of education in languages, philosophy, debate, and Bön traditions he achieved this goal.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Decades after leaving his village, Asonam returns with the education, skill and will to answer a critically emerging need of the people of Mustang, those who follow Bön as well as those who follow other religious paths, by establishing a cultural center that will support and encourage the sustainability of their ancient and traditional heritage.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Asonam's life is interwoven with the story of Bön and the efforts of the 33rd Abbot of Menri, who built Menri Monastery in Northern India after the destruction of the old Menri monastery in Tibet. This remarkable Abbot, as the head of an ancient lineage for over forty years, has orchestrated the preservation of Tibetan Bön culture and the education of thousands of monks, nuns and Bön children. He granted his approval and blessings with access to the monastery for this project.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Filmed on location in Mustang, Nepal and Menri Monastery, India, the story illuminates the interconnectedness of education, commitment to service and spiritual dedication. It communicates Bön's story and unique place in history while illuminating how and why the work that monks do is important to the modern world. It is a universal message, one that reveals how inspired individuals can overcome challenges and adversity to order to have a positive impact on the world while giving back to the people, places and traditions that nurtured them.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>In the current age of wars and turmoil, this is a relevant and uplifting story of lasting traditions that are meaningful in the modern world with values that potentially can inspire us and help us transcend our global challenges.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>SELECTED SCREENINGS &amp; AWARDS</b></div><div><div><i>Silver Palm Award</i>, Mexico International Film Festival, 2012</div><div>25th International Mountain &amp; Adventure Film Festival Graz, Austria, 2013</div><div>10th Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival, 2012</div><div>San Luis Obispo International Film Festival, 2012</div><div>Edmund Hillary Award, Mountain Film Festival, 2012</div><div>Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, New York City, 2012</div><div>American Anthropology Association Film and Media Festival, Montreal, 2011</div><div>Taos USA Premier, 2011</div></div><div><br /></div><br /><br />Visit <a href="https://store.der.org/heckman-andrea-c632all.aspx">Heckman, Andrea</a> to see additional products in this category.</div> https://store.der.org/ausangate-p168.aspx Product168 Wed, 18 Jul 2018 13:31:00 GMT <div style="float:left"><a class="url" href="https://store.der.org/ausangate-p168.aspx"><img src="//cdn.nexternal.com/der/images/ausangate.jpg" alt="Ausangate" border="0" hspace="3"></a></div><span class="riRssTitle"><a href="https://store.der.org/ausangate-p168.aspx">Ausangate</a></span><br><a href="https://store.der.org/ausangate-p168.aspx">Buy Now:</a> <span color="#990000"><b>$320.00</b></span> <br /><br /><div>This film documents the lives of Quechua people who live around Ausangate, a sacred peak in southeastern Peru. It is based on anthropological research conducted over twenty years and reveals how the weavers make textiles encoded with symbolic images that reinforce ancestral beliefs during rituals and in everyday life. Four Quechua people's stories are told against a backdrop of high Andean lakes and mountains showing a harsh existence possible only through a strong symbiotic relationship to their alpacas and llamas. From these animals they gain food, pelts, dried dung for fuel, transport for goods, and yarn for clothing. They maintain a deep integrity through their interconnectedness with the natural forces and their ritual relationships to Ausangate, and they still organize their labor and social relationships through the Inca social practices of ayni and ayllu.&nbsp;<div><br /></div><div>The film includes women revitalizing weaving techniques within mother's clubs, first haircutting rites of passage, and the annual pilgrimage of Qoyllur Rit'I, which occurs annually near Ausangate- drawing participants from distinct communities throughout Peru and Bolivia. Qoyllur Rit'I is the only Andean pilgrimage/festival where drinking is not allowed and dancers known as ukus stand all night on the 15,000-foot-high glacier so they may have the privilege of taking a chunk of ice from the mountain that is later melted and drunk by their community as sacred water. Visually cinematic, the film carries a deep message of survival and cultural continuity in an environment with elevations over 14,000 feet.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Faced with the pressures of modernization, Quechuas are confronted with choices about whether to move to the cities in search of jobs and educations — thus separating themselves from nature and from Ausangate- or to continue in a lifestyle that has sustained them for centuries. Theirs is a story of change incorporated onto a bedrock of tradition that is dynamic and capable of adaptation. The intention is to show how they make decisions about staying or leaving and what they choose from the outside world to incorporate into their isolated world.</div><div><br /></div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div><div>"Recommended." — Educational Media Reviews Online</div></div></blockquote><div><div><br /></div><div><b>SELECTED SCREENINGS & AWARDS</b></div><div>New Mexico Filmmakers Showcase, Guild Cinema, Albuquerque, NM, 2007</div><div>Green Wave 21st Century European Environment Festival, Bulgaria, 2007</div><div>DOCSDF International Documentary Film Festival in Mexico City, 2007</div><div>Boston Latino International Film Festival, 2007</div><div>Roshd International Film Festival, Iran, 2007</div><div>DC Environmental Film Festival, 2007</div><div>The Archaeology Channel Film &amp; Video Festival, Eugene, OR, 2008</div><div>Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival, Canada, 2008</div><div>New Zealand Mountain Film Festival, 2008</div><div>screening, INCA Musuem, Cuzco, Peru, 2008&nbsp;</div><div>Big Bear Lake International Film Festival, California, 2008</div><div>Taos Mountain Film Festival, New Mexico, 2008</div><div><i>Grand Festival Award for Documentary</i>, 17th Berkeley Video &amp; Film Festival, California, 2008</div><div><i>Best Foreign Documentary</i>, Mountain Film Festival, Mammoth, CA, 2010</div><div><br /></div></div><br /><br />Visit <a href="https://store.der.org/heckman-andrea-c632all.aspx">Heckman, Andrea</a> to see additional products in this category.</div>