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The Mekong River with Sue Perkins. Part 4
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In this documentary series, Sue Perkins uncovers a region undergoing unprecedented change. As well as tackling hard-hitting social and environmental issues, Sue explores the lighter side of life on...
In this documentary series, Sue Perkins uncovers a region undergoing unprecedented change. As well as tackling hard-hitting social and environmental issues, Sue explores the lighter side of life on South East Asia's largest river, flowing 3,000 miles from the high peaks of the Himalayas through the Tibetan plateau, the canyons of Chinese Yunnan, and Vietnam's vast Mekong Delta. In Part 4, on the final leg of her journey, she investigates how China's booming economy is affecting ethnic minorities in Yunnan Province and discovers an untouched landscape near the river's source in the Himalayas. She encounters Dai people profiting from Chinese tourism; meets a Chinese medicine doctor responding to increased demand for traditional herbs; speaks with a Catholic Tibetan man who survived religious persecution during the Cultural Revolution, and stays with a Buddhist yak herding family that views the river as sacred.
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- Creator
- BBC Worldwide Ltd
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- [Place of publication not identified] : BBC Worldwide Ltd, [2014]
- New York, N.Y. : distributed by Films Media Group, 2015
- ©2014
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (1 video file (52 min. 4 sec.)) : sound, color
- digital
- data file
- OCLC
- ocn944721862
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on October 01, 2015.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Closed-captioned.
- Dai Minority Park (3:19) -- Dai Water Festival (2:55) -- Pu'er Tea Production (4:47) -- Aini People Aini Embroidery (3:50) -- Naxi People (2:30) -- Baisha Herbalist (3:14) -- Cizhong (2:31) -- Religious Persecution (2:54) -- Hydro Electric Impacts (2:34) -- Marginalizing Tibetan Culture (2:45) -- Qinghai Province (3:25) -- Yak Herding Lifestyle (3:26) -- Sacred Himalaya Landscape (2:27) -- Negyama Monastery (3:24) -- Mekong River Journey Summary (2:08) -- Credits: The Mekong River with Sue Perkins - Part 4 (0:33)