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The Mekong River with Sue Perkins . Part 3
Title
The Mekong River with Sue Perkins . Part 3 [electronic resource] / BBC Worldwide Ltd.
Publication
[Place of publication not identified] : BBC Worldwide Ltd, [2014]
Distribution
New York, N.Y. : distributed by Infobase, 2015.
Copyright Notice Date
©2014
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (1 video file (52 min. 7 sec.)) : sound, color.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on October 01, 2015.
Closed-captioned.
Title from distributor's description (Infobase, February 13 2016)
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
In this documentary series, Sue Perkins uncovers a region undergoing unprecedented change. As well as tackling hard-hitting social and environmental issues, Sue explores the lighter side of life on South East Asia's largest river, flowing 3,000 miles from the high peaks of the Himalayas through the Tibetan plateau, the canyons of Chinese Yunnan, and Vietnam's vast Mekong Delta. In Part 3, she discovers how Laos is opening to tourism and foreign investment-for better or for worse. A fisherman turned entrepreneur is profiting from backpackers; Xayaburi Dam construction will displace thousands of residents and effect millions downstream; Western spirituality tourists are corrupting Luang Prabang monks; and a casino in the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone is benefiting Chinese developers, rather than the local economy. Despite modernization challenges, Sue finds that citizens are adapting to development with a distinct Laotian mindset.
Variant and related titles
Films on demand.
Other formats
digital transfer of (manifestation): BBC Worldwide Ltd, 2014.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
Series
Mekong River with Sue Perkins
System details note
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience
9 & up.
Contents
Si Phan Don (2:47)
Laos State of Mind (4:03)
Laotian Entrepreneur (3:12)
Xayaburi Dam Controversy (4:06)
Xayaburi Dam Benefits (2:02)
Xayaburi Dam Resettlement (4:24)
Mekong River Delicacy (3:05)
Xayaburi Dam Upstream Impacts (2:06)
Library Boat (3:29)
Luang Prabang (2:40)
Laotian Buddhism (2:57)
Search for "Spiritual" Asia (3:32)
Corrupting Laotian Authenticity (2:13)
Golden Triangle Gambling (2:32)
Casino in Laos (3:33)
Foreign Investment (2:36)
Credits: The Mekong River with Sue Perkins - Part 3 (0:36)
Videorecording number
95139s Infobase
95142 Infobase
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Also listed under
BBC Worldwide Ltd., production company.
Infobase, film distributor.
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