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Clouds of Unknowing: Buddhism and Bhutanese Cinema

In: Storytelling in World Cinemas. Vol. 2: Contexts
Lina Khatib (ed.)
London; New York: Wallflower Press (2013), pp. 157-171

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"In this chapter, we have looked at how Buddhism and orality have been translated into film in Bhutan. We have argued, that cinema operates as a secondary oral medium, through the various rituals of production, distribution and consumption and, most significantly, at the level of story construction. Although Bhutan has a remarkably strong oral legacy, cinema and electronic media have undeniably changed its traditional narrative structure, re-mediating it and, in the process, creating new storytelling forms." (Conclusion, page 170)