The Saltmen of Tibet (1997)
• April 25th, 1997 • 1h 48min
Documentary
Overview
Four men from a nomadic Tibetan tribe undertake their annual, ritualistic pilgrimage to a sacred salt lake. Salt gathered in this traditional fashion will be sold to provide the economic livelihood of the tribe for the coming year. The journey, necessary for the group's survival, also incorporates a number of rituals necessary for their culture to survive in the modern world.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
10 Questions for the Dalai Lama
Released on: 2006-05-01
Documentary
How do you reconcile a commitment to non-violence when faced with violence? Why do the poor often se...
Walk with Me
Released on: 2017-05-11
Documentary
Narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch, Walk With Me is a cinematic journey into the world of a monastic c...
The Kumbha Mela: Same As It Ever Was
Released on:
Documentary
This is a silent film, with a musical soundtrack, shot during a boat journey along the waterways of ...
The Frozen Kingdom of the Snow Leopard
Released on: 2020-10-18
Documentary
Join the big cats as we get up close and personal with their journeys through growing pains, adultho...
The Last of the Nomads
Released on: 1997-01-07
Documentary, History
Like an antipodean version of Romeo and Juliet, it emerges that Warri and Yatungka became the last n...
Art as a Weapon
Released on: 2014-06-12
Adventure, Documentary
Street art, creativity and revolution collide in this beautifully shot film about art’s ability to c...
Brilliant Moon: Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Released on: 2010-01-01
Documentary
Brilliant Moon chronicles the life of the writer, poet, and meditation master Khyentse Rinpoche, one...
Walkers of time
Released on: 2017-03-12
Documentary
María is an Amorúa girl; an indigenous group that traveled the savannas of Orinoquía as nomads. She ...
Free Tibet
Released on: 1998-09-11
Documentary, Music
A film about the Tibetan Freedom Concert in San Francisco in 1996.
Journey to the West
Released on: 2014-04-24
Drama, Documentary
In 2014, Tsai Ming-Liang was invited to make a film for the MarseilleFID, Marseille International Fi...
1000 Hands of the Guru
Released on: 2016-11-08
Documentary
Four monks, a royal scholar, and their American guru are fighting to save Bhutan's sacred arts while...
Chemins de vie
Released on: 2020-12-09
Documentary
At nearly 30 years old, Pauline left her stressful life in Paris and started walking with nothing bu...
Salt Lake Diversions
Released on: 1943-12-25
Documentary
About an hour's drive from Salt Lake City, Utah is the ski resort of Alta, a former mining town, nes...
Blindsight
Released on: 2006-09-11
Documentary
Six blind Tibetan teenagers climb the Lhakpa-Ri peak of Mount Everest, led by seven-summit blind mou...
Pelerinaxes
Released on: 2016-06-13
Documentary, Drama
Luzía visits the eight stages of the 'pilgrimage' that the intellectuals Otero Pedrayo, Vicente Risc...
Tenzo
Released on: 2019-11-27
Documentary
To address the social crisis, Chiken - a buddhist monk - throws himself into various tasks such as a...
A Handful of Salt
Released on: 2011-11-12
Documentary
A documentary that focuses on the craftspeople who continue to make salt with a technique called Age...
Compassion in Exile: The Story of the 14th Dalai Lama
Released on: 1993-07-07
Documentary
A portrait of His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama, which includes historical footage of China's repres...
Athos
Released on: 2016-06-23
Documentary
The Athos peninsula in Greece is one of Europe's last secrets. Over 2000 monks live on Athos - cut o...