Shepherd Women of Shambala Begins Second Year of Touring
Premiered at the 2002 Banff Mountain Film Festival, Shepherd Women of Shambala enters its second year of touring with showings at the Kendal Mountain Film Festival in Kendal, England, Dundee Mountain Film Festival in Dundee Scotland and the South Yuba River Citizens League Wild & Scenic Film Festival in Nevada City, California.
A story of one woman's intimate journey into the lives of a small group of Ismali Muslim shepherd women who tend the village animals in the rugged passes of Karakoram Mountains in northern Pakistan. Here, a gentle revolution takes place, eradicating the barriers of language, custom, and stereotype. This film tells a moving story of the spirit of women and the power of kindness.
Audiences worldwide experienced this story directed and produced by Joy Tessman:
- Finalist: Banff Mountain Film Festival, Canada 2002
- Selected: Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour 2002-2003
- Finalist: Telluride Mountain Film Festival, Colorado 2003
- Selected: Telluride Mountain Film Festival World Tour 2003
- Finalist: Himalayan Film Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2003
- Finalist: Nevada Mountain Film Festival, California 2003
- Best Short: Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival, Arizona 2003
- Finalist: Kendal Mountain Film Festival, England 2003
- Standing Ovation: San Francisco Film Festival, California
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EVENTS
March 10, 2004 Princeton University Outdoor Action Program hosts
Edge Dancing … A Journey Across Siberia at the Frist Campus Center
February 24, 2004 Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour, Boulder, Colorado hosts Edge Dancing … A Journey Across Siberia at the Boulder Theatre with Joy Tessman in person.
February 8, 2004 Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour, Lake
Placid, New York hosts Edge Dancing … A Journey Across Siberia.
January 28, 2004 Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour, Boise, Idaho hosts Edge Dancing … A Journey Across Siberia.
January 10, 2004 South Yuba River Citizens League Wild & Scenic Film Festival in Nevada City, California hosts Shepherd Women of Shambala with Joy Tessman in person.
November 18, 2003 The Icelandic Alpine Club hosts Edge Dancing … A
Journey Across Siberia.
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