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  • When Glaciers Go (2020)
  • Short | 17 min | Documentary, Short
When Glaciers Go (2020)
Short | 17 min | Documentary, Short

A diminishing water supply is driving people from their land in a remote region of Nepal. The younger generation of the Gurung family adapts by commuting from their ancestral home, where subsistence depends on grazing goats and cows, to a ...See moreA diminishing water supply is driving people from their land in a remote region of Nepal. The younger generation of the Gurung family adapts by commuting from their ancestral home, where subsistence depends on grazing goats and cows, to a village that has a commercial apple orchard, fed by irrigation. "We cannot give up cultivating our fields," a elderly man explains. "The apple farm is not going to be able to feed us easily." The older generation believes that water shortages stem from road building and bulldozing, upsetting the natural order, a young man explains. Both generations fly prayer flags, beseeching water. See less
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May 15, 2020 (United States)

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