The Mosuo sisters / produced by Marlo Poras, Yu Ying Wu Chou ; directed by Marlo Poras.

Follows sisters Juma and Latso, young women from one of the world's last remaining matriarchal societies. Thrust into the worldwide economic downturn after losing jobs in Beijing and left with few options, they return to their remote Himalayan village. But growing exposure to modernity has irreparab...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Marlo Poras Productions (Firm) (Production company)
Independent Television Service (Production company)
Center for Asian American Media
Women Make Movies (Firm) (Film distributor)
Other Authors: Poras, Marlo (Film director, Film producer)
Chou, Yu Ying Wu (Film producer)
Language:English
Chinese
Tibetan
Sino-Tibetan (Other)
Language and/or Writing System:
Title frames, menus, and container in English. Soundtrack in Mandarin, Mosuo, and Tibetan, with English subtitles.
Published: New York, NY : Women Make Movies, 2013.
Subjects:
Young women > China > Ninglang Yizu Zizhixian.
Families > China > Ninglang Yizu Zizhixian.
Marriage > China > Ninglang Yizu Zizhixian.
City and town life > China.
Naxi (Chinese people) > China > Ninglang Yizu Zizhixian.
Ninglang Yizu Zizhixian (China) > Social life and customs.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 81 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Mosuo zi mei. [Parallel title]
摩梭姊妹. [Parallel title]
Format: Video DVD

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