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Alpine Tour Service

For those that thought the romantic picture of the snow-capped Himalayan peak was
permanent this very topical documentary is a rude wake up call. global warming is
starting to impact dangerously on one of the most beautiful and distant parts of the
world. this film follows a UN trip to look at the alarming rise in glacial melt in Nepal,
melt that is forming huge lakes behind morraine dams. these lakes contain up to 30
million tonnes of water and are effectively a ticking time bomb. when the morraine
dams burst floods surge down the valleys washing away everything in their path.
In particular the film highlights the people on the front line - the Nepali people
themselves - people who are very likely to be washed away in the very near future.
true to the usual slackjaw stylee this film is both personable and provocative in
equal measure including dramatic mountain scenery, an ascent of a 6000m peak and
interviews with a leading Buddhist monk, a Nepali environmentalist, local witnesses
to disasters, a UN official and glaciology and global warming experts from Sheffield
and Oxford universities.

Director: Richard Heap
England (2007)
Audio: English
Subtitles: Japanese
50 min.

(ENVIRONMENT)
* Meltdown
* Leave Nothing but Footprints
* Turf Wars
* Timber to Tibet
(ADVENTURE)
* Riding Solo To The Top Of The
World
* A Higher Calling
* Into the Thunder Dragon
* Farther than the Eye Can See
* Trio for One
* Fatal Game
(POLITICS / HUMAN RIGHTS)
* Thin ice
* Chulo, Choli ra Banduk - a stove,
a blouse and a gun
* Better to Have Been Killed
* The Forbidden Team
* Jashn-e-azadhi (How We
Celebrate Freedom)
* Siachen: A war for Ice
* Tibetan Refugees: A Struggle
Beyond Generations
(POVERTY & DEVELOPMENT)
* Journey of a Red Fridge
* Hami kunako maanche –
We corner people
* A Bridge over the Himalayas
* Yi khel gi kawa
(The Price of a Letter)
* Tingvong: a Lepcha village in
Sikkim
(CULTURE)
* Angry Monk
* Miss Tibet
* Closer than Tibet
* Bhedako Oon Jasto...in search
of a song...

* A man called nomad
* Call it Karma
* Daughters of Wisdom
* Bhutan - Taking the Middle Path
to Happiness

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