Day: February 4, 2010

Children of God – Documentary

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  • Winner – Best Documentary – Jeonju 2009 International Film Festival
  • Winner – Best Documentary – Japan, Korea, China Producers Forum
  • Official Selection – 2009 Hot Docs International Film Festival, Canada

Children of God explores the life of the children who live beside the Baghmati River in Nepal. The children rob the corpses for food and dive into the river to grab coins used as funeral offerings by the mourners.

The film exposes the social conditions of the suppressed Nepalese people through the plight of their children, where reverence for the old and dead far outweighs the care for the young and living. Experiencing their innocence and their hardship through songs, stories and heartbreaking living conditions, exposes the contradiction of the material world that rests upon perhaps the most spiritual culture on earth.

Children of God will remind you of scenes from Slumdog Millionaire and is reminiscent of Charcoal People released by Vanguard Cinema.

Single part movie
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Condolence to Actress Mahima Pokharel

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Update on May 17, 2015 – Mahima (Laxmi Pokharel’s) debut movie – Watch ‘Jungalee Babu’ here.

Actress Mahima (Laxmi) Pokharel has died on a motorbike accident while returning from a movie shooting at Kabhre, East of Kathmandu. Actress Pokharel was riding back to Kathmandu with actor Dinesh Khadka when a cargo truck dashed their motorcycle from behind on BP Highway.

Pokharel died at the scene and Khadka is admitted in Dhulikhel hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. They were acting in a movie named “Adhikar”.

mahima_Adhikari

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