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In Search of the Riyal

Wide Angle

Family · Social Criticism · Capitalism  

  • CountryNepal
  • Production Year2009
  • Running Time86min
  • Format DV
  • ColorCOLOR
Program Note
Since the 1990s, Nepal has become a pipeline of cheap labour to the Gulf. This film shows glimpses of the migrant′s displacement and his gritty working conditions in the alien and stultifying environment of the Gulf, rarely captured, given the region′s sensitivity to criticism of how they treat their foreign workers.The stories of disillusionment and, occasional, empowerment reflect the enormity of the migrant′s journey.
Director
Kesang TSETEN
Kesang Tseten’s film [We Corner People] (2006) was selected as the inaugural film at the 2nd Bangalore International Film Festival. [On the Road with the Red God] won the Grand Prize at the Kendal Mountain Film Festival. He earned a Masters degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism and a Bachelor’s degree from Amherst College in Asian Studies.
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Credit
  • Director Kesang TSETEN 케상 체텐
  • Producer Kesang TSETEN
  • Cinematography Siddhartha SHAKYA, Kesang TSETEN
  • Editor Reena MOHAN, Kesang TSETEN
  • Sound Pratibha Studio
  • Production Company Shunayata Film production
    153/kholagalmarg, P.O. Box 1596, Kathmandu GPO, Nepal
    kesang@homebase.wlink.com.np