Ladies of the lake /
This stunning film takes us to a rare matriarchal community in southwest China. The ancient Mosuo culture has survived both the time of the concubines and the Cultural Revolution, although it is now being threatened with extinction by Beijing family-planning policies and by absorption into the mains...
| Corporate Authors: | , |
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Portions in Chinese with English voiceover. End credits in Portuguese. |
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New York, NY :
Filmakers Library,
[1998]
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| Summary: | This stunning film takes us to a rare matriarchal community in southwest China. The ancient Mosuo culture has survived both the time of the concubines and the Cultural Revolution, although it is now being threatened with extinction by Beijing family-planning policies and by absorption into the mainstream of the Chinese majority.--website. |
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| Item Description: | Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (20 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD-R. |
| Production Credits: | Reportage, Cristina Boavida, Paulo Cepa. |