My Country is Tibet / WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.).

India is home to tens of thousands of Tibetan refugees, but only 17-year-old Namgyal Wangchuk Trichen Lhagyari was crowned King of Tibet by the Dalai Lama. Mentored by filmmaker Dirk Simon, Namgyal shows how he and other young exiles preserve their traditional culture while hoping to return to an in...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Films on Demand.
Films bykids.
Corporate Authors: Infobase (Film distributor)
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned.
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), [2010]
Series:Films on Demand.
Films bykids.
Subjects:
Child motion picture producers and directors.
Refugees, Tibetan > India > Social conditions.
Tibetans > Social life and customs.
Internet videos.
Genre:
Internet videos.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Films On Demand @ Infobase)
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (26 min., 48 sec.)) : sound, color.
Format: Electronic Video
Description
Summary:
India is home to tens of thousands of Tibetan refugees, but only 17-year-old Namgyal Wangchuk Trichen Lhagyari was crowned King of Tibet by the Dalai Lama. Mentored by filmmaker Dirk Simon, Namgyal shows how he and other young exiles preserve their traditional culture while hoping to return to an independent Tibet.
Note:Originally released by WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), 2010.
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on July 28, 2016.
Interest Grade Level:
9 & up.
System Details:Streaming video file.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Source of Description:
Title from distributor's description (Infobase, August 16, 2016)