Set on the Tibetan plateau, "Dropka” is an intimate portrait of the lives and struggles of Tibetan nomads whose lives are on the brink of irreversible change. The grasslands of the Tibetan Plateau are the cradle of the most important rivers in Asia. Almost half of the world's population depends on these waters to survive.. Tibetan nomads, known as “dropka”, They have lived in these lands for thousands of years. In recent decades, These once lush grasslands are quickly turning into deserts. With unusual access to a family of nomads at the center of this historic and drastic change, "Dropka” reveals the unprecedented sociopolitical and environmental forces that are pushing Tibetan nomads to the brink of extinction. Through an intimate portrait of family lives and relationships, especially Tamku's, a teenage single mother, Dhnogya, an elderly nomad, y Yithan, mother of two boys, Universal issues such as gender are addressed in a very personal and illustrative way., freedom, adaptation to climate change and the resilience of the human spirit.
USA, China
Nomads, Tibet
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